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armeria

/ ɑːˈmiːrɪə /

noun

  1. See thrift
    the generic name for thrift


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Word History and Origins

Origin of armeria1

New Latin, from flos armeriae, a species of dianthus

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Example Sentences

Isabel's sword, a pretty little weapon, is to be seen in the Real Armeria at Madrid.

The numbers given correspond to the plates of their marks, given in "Catalogo de la Real Armeria."

There was a little turf in one place, in the next a tuft of armeria, then mud or clay, and there—assuredly a foot had trodden.

The caterpillar feeds on the roots of thrift or sea-pink (Armeria vulgaris), and is full grown about June.

Two other Visigothic crowns are also preserved with it in the Armeria Real.

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