andromeda

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There are no richer parterres to my eyes than the dense beds of dwarf andromeda (_Cassandra calyculata_) which cover these tender places on the earth's surface.

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  1. noun Any of several shrubs of the genera Pieris or Andromeda or their relatives.

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  • There are no richer parterres to my eyes than the dense beds of dwarf andromeda (_Cassandra calyculata_) which cover these tender places on the earth's surface. —  Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American
  • I see two varieties of euonymus; various low junipers; two sorts of laurel; two of andromeda, and the high-clambering evergreen ivy. —  The Amateur Garden
  • The bees are generally able to obtain their sustenance from clover, anemonies, "golden rod," bush honeysuckle, and numerous shrubs such as andromeda, daphne, &c.;, which abound about Shillong. —  The Khasis
  • There are no richer parterres to my eyes than the dense beds of dwarf andromeda (Cassandra calyculata_) which cover these tender places on the earth's surface. —  Excursions
  • There are no richer parterres to my eyes than the dense beds of dwarf andromeda (Cassandra calyculata) which cover these tender places on the earth's surface. —  Walking
 

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