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galax Bot.|ˈgælæks|
[mod.L. (Linnæus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 200); cf. Gr. γαλαξίας galaxy.]
An evergreen plant of the genus so called of the family Diapensiaceæ, native to the south-eastern United States, and having white flowers and shiny leaves.
1804Bot. Mag. XX. 754 (heading) Galax Aphylla. Carolina Galax... Michaux found it on the high mountains of Carolina, flowering in May. 1894W. Falconer in W. Robinson Wild Garden (ed. 4) viii. 84 The sombre-hued Pyrola and Galax. 1898B. Torrey in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 458/2, I could only conjecture the plant to be galax. 1922M. B. Houston Witch Man xi, The darkly polished galax leaves. 1959C. Dormon Flowers Native to Deep South 88 Everyone has seen the shining, stiff leaves of Galax in florists' wreaths and bouquets. |