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boronia|bɒˈrəʊnɪə|
[f. name of Francesco Borone, an Italian botanist (1769–94).]
A plant of the rutaceous genus so named, a sweet-scented Australian shrub.
1852G. C. Mundy Antipodes I. 76 The Boronias shoot up their slender stems..towards the sun. 1896Melburnian 28 Aug. 53 (Morris), The scent of boronia and the odour of wattle-blossom greet us from baskets of the flower-girl. 1926K. S. Prichard Working Bullocks v. 55 Ti-tree, boronia-bushes, and prickly acacia. 1966Times 11 Nov. (W. Aust. Suppl.) p. iv/2 The scent of the boronia's monk-brown-and-golden bells. |