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n. - Any plant of the genus of Chilean herbs of the nightshade family

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  • There's a blue variety of that, and one of salpiglossis, which is an exquisite flower in spite of its name. "
  • They stopped before some veined salpiglossis flowers.
  • One annual that does well from an April sowing is salpiglossis.
  • Gardens, at Kew, has for years saved seed of its rich blue salpiglossis, and this is offered as 'Kew Blue' by Mr Fothergill.
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