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polemonium|pɒlɪˈməʊnɪəm|
[mod.L. (J. P. de Tournefort Institutiones Rei Herbariæ (1700) I. 146), a. Gk. πολεµώνιον: see polemoniaceous a.]
An annual or perennial herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Polemoniaceæ, native to America, Asia, or Europe, and bearing single or clustered bell-shaped flowers. Cf. Jacob's ladder 1.
1900J. M. Abbott in W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening viii. 279 Polemoniums are free-flowering plants. 1931Times Educ. Suppl. 25 July (Home & Classroom Sect.) p. iv/2 We fairly waded through flowers, including pale blue borage, mauve polemonium,..and blue primula. 1957Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) III. 1620/1 The Polemoniums are hardy and several good for the rock-garden, the larger ones for the border. 1968J. Berrisford Very Small Garden viii. 95 Polemoniums, with their ‘Jacob's ladder’ leaves, and the taller geranium species are good. |