Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of dicotyledonous plants of the gamopetalous order Boragineæ, the tribe Borageæ, and the subtribe Cynoglosseæ, known by the depressed, divergent, puckered, or bladdery nutlets.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
omphalode .
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Examples
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Molecular and morphological evidence for multiple species within Paranoplocephala omphalodes (Hermann, 1783) (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) in Microtus-voles (Arvicolinae).
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_Parmelia omphalodes_ which are still largely used in Scotland and
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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The _Parmelia saxatilis_ and _Parmelia omphalodes_, are largely used in the Highlands and West Ireland, for dyeing brown of all shades.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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Start with omphalodes, which some people think of as a perennial forget-me-not, its star-shaped azure blue flowers floating above ovate to heart-shaped verdant green foliage.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2011
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You might think of complementing its blue palette with blue-flowering shade perennials such as brunnera, omphalodes and campanula muralis.
SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010
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