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ramonda|rəˈmɒndə|
Also ra(y)mondia.
[mod.L. (A. Richard in C. H. Persoon Synopsis Plantarum (1805) I. 216), f. the name of L. F. Ramond (d. 1827), French botanist and traveller + -a or -ia1.]
A small perennial herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Gesneriaceæ, native to mountainous regions of Europe, and having hairy leaves in a basal rosette and single stems of white, pink, or violet flowers.
c1828B. Maund Bot. Garden I. 83 (heading) Borage⁓leaved Ramonda. 1865M. Eyre Lady's Walks in South of France xxiv. 267 Mrs. Nash took a small terrine with a Raymondia in it with her to Switzerland. 1907R. J. Farrer My Rock-Garden xv. 243 Much more beautiful..to my mind, is the Queen of all Ramondias, Queen Natalie's Ramondia. 1931Discovery Nov. 354/1 We stopped..at the gorge of the Treska river to collect ramondia. 1942T. C. Mansfield Alpines i. 80 Ramonda... The name is frequently mis-spelt Ramondia. 1955L. D. Hills Alpine Gardening vii. 248 All the Ramondas like a soil that is both leafy and limy. 1971D. Bartrum Rock Gardens iii. 113 Grow Ramondas in low crevices of a rock wall. |