a plant name formerly held to include both Armeria (thrift) and Limonium (sea lavender). The gardener's statice comprises various species of the latter, esp those whose flowers can be dried and kept: family Plumbaginaceae
thrift, sea lavender
Word origin
Latin: thrift, from Greek statikē, from statikos astringent (from a medicinal use of thrift)
statice in American English
(ˈstætəˌsi)
noun
1.
sea lavender
2.
thrift (sense 3)
Word origin
ModL < L, an astringent herb < Gr statikē < fem. of statikos, causing to stand, astringent: see static