rosemary : Idioms & Phrases
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apalachicola rosemary
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noun small shrub of Apalachicola River area in southeastern United States having highly aromatic pinkish flowers; a threatened species
Conradina glabra.
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bog rosemary
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noun wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States
Andromeda glaucophylla; moorwort.
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common bog rosemary
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noun erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of sphagnum peat bogs and other wet acidic areas in northern Europe
Andromeda polifolia; marsh andromeda.
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Marsh rosemary
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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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(Bot.) , a plant of the genusStatice (S. Limonium ), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called alsosea lavender .
Webster 1913
Rosemary pine
- the loblolly pine. See under
Loblolly .
Webster 1913
Wild rosemary
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noun bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan
Ledum palustre; marsh tea.
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(Bot.) , the evergreen shrubAndromeda polifolia . SeeMarsh rosemary , underRosemary .