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ǁ Statice. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1919, rev. 2024. ǁ Statice [L. staticē, a. Gr. στατική, orig. fem. of στατικός causing to stand still (see STATIC a.) in the specific sense ‘stopping flow of blood’] A genus of herbaceous perennial plants, typical of the tribe Staticeæ, N.O. Plumbaginaceæ; a plant of this genus, esp. Sea Lavender.

1 1731.  Miller, Gard. Dict., Statice; Thrift or Sea Pink.

2 1745.  R. James, Med. Dict., III. s.v., Dodonæus pretends that the Statice is of no Use in Medicine, but that the Flowers are beautiful enough in Garlands.

3 1837.  P. Keith, Bot. Lex., 166. In some plants a single flower produces only a single seed, as in Statice or Thrift.

4 1873.  Tristram, Moab, xviii. 353. Now pale lilac from a statice, now as softly red from the sorrel in flower.

5 1881.  Encycl. Brit., XII. 262/1. [Greenhouse Plants.] Statices include some very highly ornamental plants.

6 1882.  Garden, 22 July, 64/3. The Statice is a cloud of bluish grey.

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