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‖ Hesperis Bot.|ˈhɛspərɪs|
[L. hesperis, Gr. ἑσπερίς of evening or the west (see Hesperides); also as n. ‘the night-scented gilly-flower’.]
A genus of cruciferous plants including the Rockets and Dame's Violet.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 205 May..Flowers in Prime, or yet lasting..Cowslips, Hesperis, Antirrhinum [etc.]. 1882Ouida Maremma I. 115 The fragrant hesperis of the shore. |