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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants, founded by Linnæus, belonging to the natural order Cruciferæ, tribe Sisymbrieæ. Its main characters are the two erect lobes of the stigma and elongated erect sepals. The genus includes about 22 species of biennial or perennial herbs, with mostly entire, ovate or oblong leaves, and rather large, loosely racemed, variously colored flowers. They grow in Europe and Asia. The common rocket or dame's-violet is H. matronalis, a native of Europe; other species are also called
rocket .
WordNet 3.0
- n. biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers
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“Glad someone else likes the l.ciliata – it grows here in the woods with hesperis where nothing else will work.”
“They belong to the hesperis or dame's violet, a common wild-flower in this valley.”
“Beyond this there were cliffs of the humid red tufa, and the myrtle and the holy thorn grew down their sides, and met in summer the fragrant hesperis of the shore.”
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“Also on the scan is the flower of hesperis - Dame's Rocket, fothergilla's fragrant white bottle brush blossom, and the inevitable bleeding heart.”
“Sweetly scented hesperis is already setting seed, the digitalis have fizzled up their stems, and the greens, recently so fresh, are already”
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