epimediumn.
/ɛpɪˈmiːdɪəm/ Botany.
Any plant of the genus of hardy perennial herbs so named.
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1798 J. E. Smith Eng. Bot. VII. 438 Epimedium alpinum, Barren-wort... Dr. Withering has lately introduced the Epimedium into his work on the authority of Dr. Richardson, who is said in Blackstone's Specimen Botanicum to have found it in Bingley Woods, Yorkshire.
1898 tr. E. Strasburger Text-bk. Bot. 516 Species of Mahonia and Epimedium are cultivated as garden plants.
1900 J. M. Abbott in W. D. Drury Bk. Gard. ix. 293 Epimediums are useful plants for shady positions.
1901 Cassell's Dict. Gard. 321/2 The Epimediums will thrive well in shady places, and even under trees.
1961 Amateur Gardening 2 Dec. 19 A plant of epimedium. This is a hardy herbaceous plant which does well in a rock garden.
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