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calycanthus

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calycanthus (kăl'ĭkăn`thəs), any plant of the genus Calycanthus, aromatic shrubs of N North America, Asia, and Australia. An American type, the Carolina allspice, is cultivated for the aromatic fragrance of its flowers. Calycanthus is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Magnoliales, family Calycanthaceae.
calycanthus
symbol of compassion. [Plant Symbolism: Jobes, 279]
See : Kindness
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The species that have proven successful for us include sweet pepper-bushy clethera, sweet spire Itea virginica, strawberry shrub Euonymous americanus, beauty-berry Callicarpa americana and sweet shrub Calycanthus floridus, among others.
Native shrubs that won't impress the neighbors (if the neighbors are ... by Baugh, Tom / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Pointing to a shrub with deep red chrysanthemum-like blooms he said, "In the books, this plant is called sweet shrub or Calycanthus.
Sweet bubbies & bouncing bet: initiating children into the joys of ... by Schmidt, Tracey / New Life Journal
 
 
 
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