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‖ rhexia|ˈrɛksɪə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus Corollarium Generum Plantarum (1737) 7) = late L. rhexia (Pliny).]
A perennial herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Melastomaceæ, native to eastern North America and bearing white or purple flowers; also called meadow beauty or deer grass.
1819A. Rees Cyclopædia XXX. s.v., The species cultivated are; the Virginian rhexia..and the Maryland rhexia. 1824H. E. Lloyd tr. Spix & Martius's Travels in Brazil II. iv. ii. 213 Large rhexias (quaresima) covered with purple flowers adorned the hill. 1833Whittier Toussaint L'Ouverture 19 The rhexias dark, and cassia tall. 1887Cent. Mag. July 327 Parts of New England have already a midsummer flower nearly as brilliant..in meadow beauty, or rhexia. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) IV. 1757/2 Rhexias do best in a bed of peat but may be grown in pots. |