trolliusn.
/ˈtrɒlɪəs/ A perennial herb of the genus of this name, belonging to the family Ranunculaceæ, native to Europe, Asia, and North America, and bearing yellow or orange globe-shaped flowers. Also attributive. Cf. globeflower n. at globe n. Compounds 2.
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trollius1899
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ranunculaceae (crowfoot and allies) > [adjective]
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trollius1952
1899 in E. T. Cook Century Bk. Gardening 142/1 It must be a sorry garden that fails to satisfy the Trollius.
1952 R. S. P. Bates & E. H. N. Lowther Breeding Birds Kashmir 191 We found one [sc. a wagtail's nest] in a tuft of trollius leaves.
1962 R. Page Educ. Gardener viii. 236 We planted its [sc. a stream's] banks..with..clumps of different varieties of yellow trollius.
1978 R. Gorer Growing Plants from Seed vi. 76 Plants with hard, shiny seeds, such as..trollius, tiarella, and saxifraga all do best if sown outside in autumn.
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