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Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
Answer for the clue "Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall ", 5 letters:
galax
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Galax ( wandplant , wandflower , or beetleweed ) is a genus in the flowering plant family Diapensiaceae , containing a single species, Galax urceolata ( syn. G. rotundifolia , G. aphylla ). It is native to the southeastern United States from Massachusetts ...
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Population (2000): 6837 Housing Units (2000): 3217 Land area (2000): 8.228278 sq. miles (21.311140 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.228278 sq. miles (21.311140 sq. km) FIPS code: 30208 Located within: ...
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n. tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall [syn: galaxy , wandflower , beetleweed , coltsfoot , Galax urceolata ]
Usage examples of galax.
He started up the trail that led through a bed of galax for no reason beyond his needing to pick one path or another.
Together they cast a breedy scent like that arising from dank beds of galax, and it overpowered even the reek of the strange meat.
Displayed on mantel or table with the Bible, a taper, sprigs of galax, so that the effect was altarlike.
Taking off the top, Alice lifted out a huge bunch of beautiful galax leaves and another of the daintiest sprays of evergreen.
There were huge blooming patches of galax, fire-weed, and other wildflowers on the hillside far above me, but there was a very attractive dead snagif one was a beepoking out of the heavy growth some way below.
Alternatively, how about burnt-orange arum lilies and Maggie Oei orchids, which are green with red centres, the whole thing rounded off with very tropical-looking galax leaves?
Even among clans of our own Civilization of Five Galax ies, we have seen a rise of religious fervor.