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ˈskimmia Bot.
[mod.L. (C. P. Thunberg Nova Genera Plantarum (1783) iii. 57), f. Jap. (mijama-) skimmi, the name of the plant.]
An evergreen shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Rutaceæ, native to Japan, China, or the Himalayas, and bearing panicles of small white flowers followed by red berries. Cf. shikimi.
1853Curtis's Bot. Mag. LXXIX. 4719 (heading) Japan Skimmia. 1866Treas. Bot. 1064/2 Skimmia, the name of a genus of evergreen shrubs, with oblong entire stalked leathery dotted leaves, and flowers in terminal panicles. 1882Garden 1 Apr. 210/1 These Skimmias are excellent evergreens. 1908G. Jekyll Colour in Flower Garden xi. 104 Here are green Aucubas and Skimmias. 1925A. J. Macself Flowering Trees & Shrubs xi. 179 Cuttings of Skimmias root very well in sandy peat under bell-glasses. 1960Times 24 Sept. 9/3 There are..the skimmias, but here we have to be..more careful, because some of them are monosexual. 1980Plantsman I. 237 Skimmias prefer deep heavy fertile acid moist soils. |