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[mod.L. (J. Banks in J. Gærtner De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788) I. 286), f. Gr. πίττα pitch + σπόρος seed; from the resinous pulp enveloping the seeds.]
An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus so called, belonging to the family Pittosporaceæ, native to many subtropical or temperate regions, especially Australasia and China, and bearing small, often fragrant, flowers; also, a shrub of this genus cultivated as a house plant. Also attrib. See pittosporad.
1789W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis III. 488 Thick-leav'd Pittosporum. Nat[ive] of Madeira. 1825Greenhouse Comp. I. 244 Geraniums, Myrtles, Pittosporums, Acacias, and the like. 1874Silver's Handbk. Australia (1880) 275 The native plum..satinwood, pittosporum, and capivi. 1911A. E. Mack Bush Days 2 You climb up the rocky path and brush under green pittosporums. 1948W. Arnold-Forster Shrubs for Milder Counties ii. 27 The pittosporums include some of the most useful of evergreens. 1962R. Page Educ. Gardener viii. 247 Thickly planted bushes of dark green pittosporum..I clipped into low green mounds. 1963S. Schuller 1001 House Plants Questions Answered 221 Can I grow pittosporum easily indoors? Yes, if you can provide a cool..south window for it. 1965G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xiv. 244 Ballan was..well treed, especially..around Miss McCoppin's Guest House with its tall pittosporum hedge. 1972Palmer & Pitman Trees S. Afr. I. 659 Our indigenous pittosporum, growing in every province of South Africa under widely differing conditions, is naturally very variable in form. 1979Country Life 26 Apr. 1298/2 Planting of replacement evergreens such as ceanothus, pittosporums and cistuses may be..deferred another week or two. |