Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the family Plumbaginaceæ, commonly called sea-pink or thrift. They are small perennial herbs, with rosettes of narrow, evergreen leaves on the ground. The species are much confused. They are used chiefly for border-planting in the open.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Plumbaginaceae — thethrift plants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials
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Examples
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And a month ago in Armeria the transito took my front Jalisco plate when he issued a ticket for illegal parking.
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The leaf man trough, meant to be a nice deep round hypertufa but most of the sides fell off from being unmolded too soon, is now home to miniature conifers, Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Pygmy’, Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Nana lutea’, silver Thymus ‘Heigh-Ho Silver’ and Armeria ‘Nifty Thrifty’.
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Specifically, the drainage of the huge Jalisco basin was accomplished by essentially the same rivers that drain it today, namely the Santiago-Verde in the north, the Ameca in the west and the Tuxpan and Armeria in the south.
The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico 2006
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This same history was repeated int he gorges of the Ameca, Armeria and Tuxpan rivers.
The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico 2006
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This same history was repeated int he gorges of the Ameca, Armeria and Tuxpan rivers.
The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico 2006
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In the south, blockage of the courses of the Armeria and Tuxpan rivers was accomplished by the Colima volcanoes, which occur on the 19th parallel fault, one of the most active in mexico.
The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico 2006
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The rare Armeria soleirollii occurs on the cliffs in Scandola Nature Reserve.
Scandola Nature Reserve & Capes Girolata and Porto, France 2008
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Specifically, the drainage of the huge Jalisco basin was accomplished by essentially the same rivers that drain it today, namely the Santiago-Verde in the north, the Ameca in the west and the Tuxpan and Armeria in the south.
The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico 2006
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About 2,000 vascular plant species, of which between 10 to 20% are endemics – i.e. Genista berberidea, Aquilegia discolor, Armeria maritima, A. Pubigera, Cytisus ingramii, Linaria faucicola, Petrocoptis viscosa, P. grandiflora.
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In the south, blockage of the courses of the Armeria and Tuxpan rivers was accomplished by the Colima volcanoes, which occur on the 19th parallel fault, one of the most active in mexico.
The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico 2006
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