stat·i·ce
(stăt′ĭ-sē′, stăt′ĭs)
[Latin
staticē,
an astringent plant, from Greek
statikē, from feminine of
statikos,
causing to stand, astringent, from
statos,
standing; see
stā- in
Indo-European roots.]
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statice
(ˈstætɪsɪ) n (Plants) 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. See
thrift,
sea lavender [Latin: thrift, from Greek statikē, from statikos astringent (from a medicinal use of thrift)]
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sea′ lav`ender
n. an Old World maritime plant of the genus
Limonium, of the leadwort family. Also called
statice. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | statice - any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers |
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