ceanothus

[ see-uh-noh-thuhs ]

noun

, plural ce·a·no·thus·es.

1. any North American shrub or small tree of the largely western genus Ceanothus, having clusters of small white or blue flowers.

ceanothus

/ ˌsiːəˈnəʊθəs /

noun

1. any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters

Word History and Origins

Origin of ceanothus¹

< New Latin (Linnaeus) < Greek keánōthos a species of thistle

Word History and Origins

Origin of ceanothus¹

C19: New Latin, from Greek keanōthos a kind of thistle

Example Sentences

The old foreground of buckeye and odorous ceanothus was gone.

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The azaleas were already budding, the ceanothus getting ready its lilac livery for spring.

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Another ceanothus, commonly called mountain birch, is often found.

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The genus Ceanothus is well known from the beautiful C. azureus.

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It is our holly, as the Ceanothus is our lilac, and the poison-oak is our autumn-red sumac.

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