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Ledum

Ledum \Ledum\ prop. n. A genus of evergreen shrubs of the north temperate regions.

Syn: genus Ledum.

Usage examples of "ledum".

The plant is a suitable companion to the ledums, kalmias, gaultherias, and other genera of its own order.

Lyra crawled toward Leda, who gripped the bottom of the mast so tightly Calliste could see the white of her knuckles.

Together with Leda, Calliste hauled Lyra up just as a wave crashed over the side of the railing, soaking them.

Leda would do it alone, and Calliste would not interfere with their last moments together as sisters and twins.

Finally, when Calliste thought Leda was intent on drowning, Leda kicked toward the surface.

The romantics of every period have been excited by those scenes of violation, in which the natural and infrahuman assaults the white form of woman, and they have depicted Leda and the swan, Pasiphae and the bull, Antiope and the goat.

While her breasts were nothing like the super tits of Jocelyn or Leda at the House of White Satin, they were far from lacking.

He and Leda had watched helplessly as their prized ewes went into convulsions and jerked themselves to death.

Leda put food and water samples and three sick ewes into his pickup and raced into town to the vet.

Leda, and are usually represented as being gods, the special protectors of sailors, saviors of swift-going ships when the storm winds rage over the ruthless sea.

I came to know statues, and to appreciate at close range a Cnidian Venus or a Leda trembling under the weight of the swan.

The pirate network was imperfect, but Brinker was able to access certain records, which showed that Hope had made it safely to the receiving station at Leda, then disappeared.

His absentee landlord apparently had a fixation on Leda and the Swan.

Leda, in contrast, has not yet learned that that beauty must sometimes be buttressed by determination and cunning.

Leda crawls into the tunnel from her side and methodically leads her wire toward the timer.