Marsh rosemary Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers
    sea lavender; statice.

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  1. (Bot.), a plant of the genus Statice (S. Limonium), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also sea lavender.
Definitions
  1. . (a) A little shrub (Andromeda polifolia) growing in cold swamps and having leaves like those of the rosemary . (b) See under Marsh.

Webster 1913