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Suriana is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing only Suriana maritima, which is commonly known as bay cedar. It has a pantropical distribution and can be found on coasts in the New and Old World tropics. Bay cedar is an evergreen shrub or small tree, usually reaching a height of and sometimes reaching . The leaves are alternate, simple, long and wide. The grey-green, succulent foliage yields an aroma similar to that of cedar when crushed, hence the common name. Its yellow flowers are solitary or in short cymes among the leaves. Flowers have a diameter of when open, with petals long and sepals long. Bay cedar flowers throughout the year. After fertilisation, the flowers form clusters of five dry, hard drupes in diameter. The drupes are buoyant and can maintain the viability of the seeds during long periods in seawater, allowing the seeds to be dispersed by the ocean.
Usage examples of "suriana".
In the throes of that cruel disappointment, I know I lost my case when I blurted out that I had, after all, been fostered with Suriana, Alessan's wife, dead of an unfortunate fall from her wild runnerbeast.
I wanted to see, from whatever distance, the man who had captured the love and adoration of Suriana of Misty Hold, Suriana, whose parents had fostered me.
In one talent only did I surpass Suriana, but not even my healing arts could have mended her broken back.
But Suriana had died, and even that glimmer of hope had been dashed, even as she had been dashed to the ground by the untrained young runner she had been riding.
It would be a Ruatha sadly changed from the Hold Suriana had described, but I would be of more use there now, especially going as Rill, not as Lady Nerilka.
He ever had a wry sense of humor, but Suriana, preparing me for my long expected visit to Ruatha, had warned me of that.
How could he endure this third ghastly tragedy when he had stood so courageously against the plague, and mourned Suriana far longer than would most men.
Alessan will never be as carefree, blithe, or gay as Suriana described him, but his smile is readier now, and he will laugh at Tuero's outrageous humor and smile at his sons' antics and boasts.
At night it is not the shadow of Suriana or the dream of Moreta that he holds in his arms and loves, it is Nerilka, his wife, the mother of his children, and the Lady of his Hold.
I had only the details that were made public: Suriana had broken her back while riding, and had died without regaining consciousness despite all that the hastily summoned Masterhealer could do.
He ever had a wry sense of humor, but Suriana, preparing me for my long-expected visit to Ruatha, had warned me of that.
At night it is not the shadow of Suriana or the dream of Moreta that he holds in his arms and loves-it is Nerilka, his wife, the mother of his children, and the Lady of his Hold.