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pemphis|ˈpɛmfɪs|
[mod.L. (J. R. & J. G. A. Forster Characteres Generum Plantarum (1776) 67), f. Gr. πεµϕίς cloud.]
A small tree of the genus so called, esp. Pemphis acidula, belonging to the family Lythraceæ, and found in coastal, tropical areas of Africa and Southern Asia.
1911Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) XIV. 403 Throughout the northern section [of Aldabra] the Pemphis jungle continues. Ibid. 404 Near the sea the trees were all much stunted by the prevalent winds, even the hardy Pemphis trees being dwarfed into a low thick scrub. 1919Nature 9 Oct. 118/2 The vegetation [of Aldabra] consists of four types:—(1) Mangrove swamp... (2) Pemphis bush, a dense growth of the hard-wooded Pemphis acidula (Lythraceae), a widely distributed sea-coast plant. 1958Times 4 Nov. 12/6 The island [sc. Aldabra] rises only some 15 ft. above the sea and is for the most part clothed with a terrible tangle of pemphis bush. 1971Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. CCLX. 359 Isolated Scaevola and Pemphis trees have browse lines. Ibid. 476 One of them [sc. a Malagasy bulbul] was in a Pemphis bush. |