Definitions for Ceanothus

Ceanothus ce·a·no·thus

Spelling: [see-uh-noh-thuh s]
IPA: /ˌsi əˈnoʊ θəs/

Ceanothus is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 707 anagrams from letters in Ceanothus (acehnostu).

Definitions for Ceanothus

noun

  1. any North American shrub or small tree of the largely western genus Ceanothus, having clusters of small white or blue flowers.

Origin of Ceanothus

New Latin (Linnaeus) Greek keánōthos a species of thistle

Examples for Ceanothus

The genus ceanothus is well known from the beautiful C. azureus.

Blue myrtle (ceanothus thyrsiflorus) is a California species, sometimes called wild lilac or blue blossoms.

Its ample bright-green, highly varnished leaves and large white flower-clusters make this a very beautiful species of ceanothus.

The azaleas were already budding, the ceanothus getting ready its lilac livery for spring.

I am indebted to my friend, Dr. Burnett, for the suggestion of using ceanothus.

There are a good many kinds of ceanothus, and some are a very poor colour.

The azaleas were already budding; the ceanothus getting ready its lilac livery for spring.

It led far up the ridge into an open place surrounded by a hedge-like growth of ceanothus chaparral.

Recently I had a wonderful case of supposed heart disease cured by ceanothus.

It is our holly, as the ceanothus is our lilac, and the poison-oak is our autumn-red sumac.

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