helxinen.
/hɛlkˈsʌɪni//hɛlˈzʌɪni/ Botany.
Soleirolia soleirolii, a creeping, perennial herb of the family Urticaceæ, native to Corsica and Sardinia, formerly called by the generic name Helxine.
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1873 F. H. Hooker & J. D. Hooker tr. E. Le Maout & J. Decaisne Gen. Syst. Bot. ii. 667 Flowers [of Urticaceæ]..very rarely solitary and axillary (Helxine).
1924 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 241 Helxine..making a matted moss-like covering.
1964 M. Fish Ground Cover Plants v. 44 If one happened to have a dark, dank courtyard which needed the softening influence of tender green, nothing could be more charming than helxine.
1969 O. Polunin Flowers of Europe 58 Soleirolia soleirolii..(Helxine)..Native of Mediterranean islands; naturalized in Western Europe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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