eremurusn.
/ɛrɪˈmjʊərəs/ Botany.
A hardy herbaceous perennial plant of the genus of Liliaceæ so named, native to west and central Asia, and cultivated for its dense racemes of white, yellow, or reddish flowers.
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1836 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (rev. ed.) 278 Eremurus... Its long spikes of yellow flowers may be easily imagined to merit such an appellation.
1855 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 81 4870 (caption) Showy Eremurus.
1900 W. D. Drury Bk. Gardening x. 325 Eremuri are noble plants.
1901 Cassell's Dict. Gard. I. 323/1 A good but not too heavy soil suits the Eremuruses.
1962 Amateur Gardening 17 Mar. 4/2 One of the most effective spike plants is probably the eremurus, often called Foxtail Lily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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