Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A considerable genus of widely distributed verbenaceous shrubs. The best-known species is C. Americana, of the United States, called
French mulberry , cultivated for ornament on account of its abundant violet-colored berries.
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- noun Any of the
genus Callicarpa of shrubs and small trees, thebeautyberries .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Edgar Davis discovered a variegated sport of callicarpa dichotoma 'Albifructus' at Tennessee Technological University in 2000.
New crop of hybrid plants demonstrate beauty of ingenuity Joel M. Lerner 2011
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There were questions about why the berries on a callicarpa shrivel and drop, too dry and how to grow a Monkey Puzzle Tree.
Spring in the Garden. Glyn Davies 2008
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The Erica arborea, the Myrica Faya, and the Arbutus callicarpa, * did not suffer from the snow; but it destroyed all the vines in the open air.
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Sideroxylon, the leaves of which are extremely beautiful, the Arbutus callicarpa, and other evergreen trees of the family of myrtles.
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Myrica Faya of the Azores, a native olive (Olea excelsa), which is the largest tree of this zone, two species of Sideroxylon, the leaves of which are extremely beautiful, the Arbutus callicarpa, and other evergreen trees of the family of myrtles.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Butterfly bushes, blue-mist shrub (caryopteris), lavender, sage, santolina, bush clover (lespedeza), and beautyberry (callicarpa) benefit from heavy pruning now.
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S. callicarpa, unpalatable and somewhat unpredictably toxic to us, seems to have no adverse effect on birds.
SFGate: Top News Stories home@sfchronicle.com (Joe Eaton 2010
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S. callicarpa, unpalatable and somewhat unpredictably toxic to us, seems to have no adverse effect on birds.
SFGate: Top News Stories home@sfchronicle.com (Joe Eaton 2010
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Erica arborea, the Myrica Faya, and the Arbutus callicarpa, * (*
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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