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trollius

/ ˈtrɒlɪəs /

noun

  1. See globeflower

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trollius1

New Latin, from German Trollblume globeflower
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Example Sentences

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Key plants include peony Paeonia 'Claire de Lune', Trollius 'Cheddar' and Iris chrysographes 'Black Form'.

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Trollius.—Showy ranunculaceous plants, of free growth, flowering about May and June.

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Tradescantias and trollius are two good families of plants for growing on north borders; the first have curious blue or reddish-purple flowers, rising on stiff stalks clothed with long pointed leaves, and they continue in flower from May till September.

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The trollius has bright orange or lemon-yellow cup-shaped blossoms and luxuriant foliage.

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Mr. Hawkins: Has any one had experience in raising trollius?

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