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dasylirion|dæsɪˈlɪrɪən|
[mod.L. (J. G. Zuccarini 1838, in Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 18 Aug. 258/1), f. Gr. δασύ-ς thick + λείριον lily.]
A plant of the liliaceous genus of this name, indigenous to Mexico and the south-western U.S., having white bell-shaped flowers, cultivated as a greenhouse evergreen plant.
[1858Curtis's Bot. Mag. LXXXIV. tab. 5030 (heading) Bearded-leaved Dasylirium. 1866Lindley & Moore Treas. Bot. I. 385/1 Dasylirion, a genus of Bromeliaceæ, consisting of Mexican plants with short stems, and densely crowded linear leaves which droop gracefully.] 1880Encycl. Brit. XII. 262/1 The Dasylirions have stout woody stems and large heads of narrow leaves. 1933Punch 11 Jan. 45/1, I simply yearn to look a dasylirion in the eye. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 640/1 Dasylirions are excellent plants for subtropical bedding, their gracefully drooping leaves being ornamental at all times. 1963W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 29 The dasylirion has leaves as sharp as saws. |