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santolina

/ ˌsæntəˈliːnə /

noun

  1. any plant of the evergreen Mediterranean genus Santolina, esp S. chamaecyparissus, grown for its silvery-grey felted foliage: family Asteraceae (composites)
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of santolina1

New Latin, altered from santonica
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Example Sentences

Lavender cotton is a species of the genus Santolina, small, yellow-flowered, evergreen undershrubs of the Composite order.

Where required as a stomach tonic, santolina should be infused with boiling water, as tea is.

They use-for an edging to the borders of their gardens, the santolina, which they call garderobe.

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