Example sentences from the Web for escallonia

The Escallonia, that grows up the house, will hang its red flowers in front of the library windows for a fortnight still to come.
A Year in a Lancashire Garden|Henry Arthur Bright
It's likely that both are errors for escallonia, but they are preserved as printed.
In the Roar of the Sea|Sabine Baring-Gould
Escallonia, a genus of saxifragaceous shrubs and trees, natives chiefly of the Andes.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
The flowers are sheltered from the boisterous winds where necessary by high hedges of euonymus, veronica, and escallonia.
The Isles of Scilly|Jessie Mothersole

This is usually the case with Ilex, Escallonia, and Cydonia.
Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll

escallonia

/ (ˌɛskəˈləʊnɪə) /

noun

any evergreen shrub of the South American saxifragaceous genus Escallonia, with white or red flowers: cultivated for ornament

Word Origin for escallonia

C19: from Escallon, 18th-century Spanish traveller who discovered it

Words nearby escallonia

escalade, escalate, escalation, escalator, escalator clause, escallonia, escallop, escalope, Escambia, Escanaba, escapade

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单词	escallonia
释义	Example sentences from the Web for escallonia The Escallonia, that grows up the house, will hang its red flowers in front of the library windows for a fortnight still to come. A Year in a Lancashire Garden\|Henry Arthur Bright It's likely that both are errors for escallonia, but they are preserved as printed. In the Roar of the Sea\|Sabine Baring-Gould Escallonia, a genus of saxifragaceous shrubs and trees, natives chiefly of the Andes. The New Gresham Encyclopedia\|Various The flowers are sheltered from the boisterous winds where necessary by high hedges of euonymus, veronica, and escallonia. The Isles of Scilly\|Jessie Mothersole This is usually the case with Ilex, Escallonia, and Cydonia. Wood and Garden\|Gertrude Jekyll escallonia / (ˌɛskəˈləʊnɪə) / noun any evergreen shrub of the South American saxifragaceous genus Escallonia, with white or red flowers: cultivated for ornament Word Origin for escallonia C19: from Escallon, 18th-century Spanish traveller who discovered it Words nearby escallonia escalade, escalate, escalation, escalator, escalator clause, escallonia, escallop, escalope, Escambia, Escanaba, escapade Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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