The Garden (1871–).
The 568th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 827 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).
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| azurean | = azure adj., azureous adj. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| blobby | Characterized by blobs; resembling a blob. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| bromeliaceous | Pertaining to the family Bromeliaceæ, which includes the pineapple. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| ceanothus | Red-root; a genus of flowering shrubs, belonging to the family Rhamnaceæ. The species C. americanus… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| choke-bore | The bore of a fowling-piece which narrows towards the muzzle, thus tending to keep… | 1875 | Go To Quotation |
| Colchic | Of Colchis: in several trivial names of plants. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| cuppy | Full of ‘cups’ (see cup n. 5). cuppy lie Golf, the position of a ball when it lies in a… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| cut-back | Hort. A plant which has been pruned by cutting off shoots close back to the main stem. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| eranthemum | ‘A widely distributed genus of Acanthaceæ, containing nearly 50 species’ (Treasury Bot.). | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| ericaceous | Belonging to the family Ericaceæ, of which the Erica or heath is the typical genus. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| Escallonia | A genus of flowering shrubs (family Saxifragaceæ) found in the temperate parts of South America. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| galanthophile | A collector of or expert on snowdrops. | 1892 | Go To Quotation |
| gerbera | A plant of the genus so named, of the family Compositæ; spec. the Transvaal daisy. Also gerbera daisy. | 1889 | Go To Quotation |
| gesnerad | A plant of the genus Gesnera n. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| Ramanas rose | The hardy shrub rose Rosa rugosa, native to East Asia but now widely cultivated… | 1876 | Go To Quotation |
| runting | The stunting of the growth or development of an animal or plant; the birth or… | 1893 | Go To Quotation |
| sprinklet | A slight sprinkle. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| Todea | A small genus of ferns of the Southern hemisphere, related to Osmunda, often cultivated in greenhouses, and known as crape-ferns. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
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