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clethra|ˈkliːθrə, ˈklɛθrə|
[mod.L. (J. F. Gronovius in Linnæus's Genera Plantarum (1737) 127), f. Gr. κλήθρα alder, which it resembles in foliage.]
A plant of a genus of small trees or shrubs, belonging to the family Clethraceæ and native to eastern America and Asia.
1779T. Mawe et al. Every Man his Own Gardener (ed. 8) 464/1 Clethra, white flowering, Dwarf. Ibid. 467/1 Trees and Shrubs that may be raised from Seed..Clethra, Dog-wood. 1785H. Marshall Amer. Grove 34 Clethra alnifolia. Alder leaved Clethra. This shrub grows common in Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina, in moist ground and by rivulets. 1846Lindley Veget. Kingd. 454 The genus Saurauja among Dilleniads, has very much the structure of a Clethra. 1895Outing (U.S.) XXVI. 33/2 The white spiked Clethra flower. 1969D. Wyman Shrubs & Vines Amer. Gardens (ed. 2) 171 This [sc. Japanese Clethra] is the first of the clethras to bloom. |