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Grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange-crimson foliage
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cyrilla
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Cyrilla racemiflora , the sole species in the genus Cyrilla , is a flowering plant in the family Cyrillaceae , native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas , from the southeastern United States (coastal areas from southeastern Texas east ...
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n. shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange-crimson foliage [syn: leatherwood , white titi , Cyrilla racemiflora ]
Usage examples of cyrilla.
He gave her, gave the people of Galea, a fine, strong daughter, Cyrilla, and a then a son, Harold.
Though Cyrilla trusted well the powers of magic, she had little faith in fortunetellers.
Her mother had never spoken bitterly of losing her husband to the Confessors, but explained instead the honor Cyrilla and Harold had of sharing blood with the Confessors, even if it was mostly unspoken.
Though Cyrilla knew they must have emotions like anyone, Confessors were trained to subjugate them.
Since the selection was made in secrecy, Cyrilla knew little about the succession of Confessors, except that it was done without animosity or rivalry, and had to do with the strength of power weighed against age and training.
Unlike most people, however, Cyrilla knew that power in and of itself was not necessarily something to fear, and Kahlan had always been fair.
Hands hanging at her sides, she turned to Cyrilla, her young eyes now heavy with sorrow.
Queen Cyrilla, the good spirits chose to spare you the things he would have taught you, and had him teach me instead.
Galean guard stood in the great courtyard, ready to immediately escort Cyrilla home.
Her mother had been thrilled to tears when Queen Cyrilla had agreed to take Ashley on as one of her ladies-in-waiting.
When Queen Cyrilla was taken out to be beheaded, he made a daring raid, and in the confusion of people come to see the execution, he snatched his sister from the axeman.
I could see vast expanses of the world, including the waters of the Indigo Sea and the jungles of Cyrilla far to the south, the wheat fields of Ganth to the west, the uncharted wilderness of the east, and the legendary blue ice fields of the Ultimate North.
Kahlan suddenly remembered Cyrilla, and climbed back into the wagon bed.
Kahlan had told Jebra to care for Cyrilla, and the rest of the men to carry out their plans to bring Ebinissia back from the ashes.
Cyrilla had not come all this way, in the teeth of winter, to leave before the Council of the Midlands had heard her grievance, and acted upon it.