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arabis

[ ar-uh-bis ]

noun

  1. any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.


arabis

/ ˈæ°ùÉ™²úɪ²õ /

noun

  1. any plant of the annual or perennial genus Arabis , some of which form low-growing mats with downy grey foliage and white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) Also calledrock cress
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Origin of arabis1

1570–80; < New Latin < Greek á°ù²¹²ú¾±²õ (stem arabid- ) Arabian mustard (derivative with arab-, as in ´¡°ù²¹²úí²¹ Arabia, ðù²¹±è²õ Arab, etc.); probably applied to the plant because it grows in rocky or sandy soil
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Origin of arabis1

New Latin, from Greek arabis (fem) of Arabia
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Today, 1,500 plants are thriving in the garden, including more agaves and hardy cactuses, delosperma, arabis and draba — all of which would probably not survive in normal garden beds in central North Carolina.

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Taleblu stressed that a key question which remains is exactly what foreign suppliers and or networks Saudi Arabis is relying on to produce procure missile technology.

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During one of my interviews with him at his house, he goes to the refrigerator and pulls down a thick gray book with Arabis script on the front, but it’s not the Quran.

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Golden feather and London pride, lobelia and pinks and bachelors'-buttons, formed the borders; behind them, in ovals and stars and crown-shapes and monograms, mignonette and arabis and dwarf pansies and Virginia stock were set; and so he had brushed-and-combed and curled and scented the whole place.

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It was tolerated rather than cultivated, as was its companion, the Arabis or Rock Cress—both crowding, monopolizing creatures.

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