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‖ Comptonia Bot.|kɒmpˈtəʊnɪə|
[mod.L., named by Sir J. Banks after Compton (1632–1713), Bishop of London.]
A genus of plants (family Myricaceæ) consisting of a single N. American species, C. asplenifolia, the Sweet Fern of the United States; it is closely allied to Myrica or Gale, and is now often included in that genus.
1823Crabb Technol. Dict. s.v., Fern-leaved Comptonia, a shrub, native of New England. 1866Treas. Bot., Comptonia..was introduced in 1714 by the Duchess of Beaufort. |