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aubrietia|ɔːˈbriːʃ(ɪ)ə|
Also very freq. in erron. form aubretia.
[mod.L., f. the name of Claude Aubriet (1668–1743), after whom it was named by Adanson in 1763: see -ia1.]
The common name of a member of the genus Aubrieta of spring-flowering dwarf perennial plants belonging to the family Cruciferæ, of trailing habit, bearing flowers of various shades of purple, grown as a rock plant or garden edging.
‘Aubrieta is the original spelling of the generic name but the form Aubrietia has been so generally used that it has come into common speech and we retain that form as the common name’ (R. Hort. Soc. Dict. Gardening, 1956, I. 222/1).
1829in Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 544. 1870 W. Robinson Alpine Flowers i. 48 Look at what we could do with the dwarf green Iberises, Helianthemums, Aubrietias, Arabises, [etc.]. 1883F. M. Peard Contrad. I. 227 Lilac aubretias clamber up the meadows behind Titian's house. 1911‘A. Marshall’ Eldest Son xxx, The station-master's arabis and aubrietia were making a fine show. |