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‖ Halesia Bot.|heɪˈliːsɪə|
[Named after Stephen Hales, an English botanist, 1677–1761.]
A genus of plants (N.O. Styraceœ), containing the beautiful Snowdrop or Silver-bell tree of the southern United States, Halesia tetraptera, and other species.
1760J. Ellis in Phil. Trans. Abr. XI. 508 (title) Of the Plants Halesia and Gardenia. 1865Parkman Huguenots iv. (1875) 58 Here the halesia hangs out its silvery bells. |