Meanings
nounescallonia (plural escallonias)
plural escallonias
- Any of several South American flowering plants of the genus Escallonia
Behind them, again, was the grey-green garden, and among the pear-shaped leaves of the escallonia fishing-boats seemed caught and suspended.
1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC
Origin
- translingualEscallonia
- translingualEscallonia
- Englishescallonia
Borrowed from Translingual Escallonia.
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Arabic إِسْقَلُّونِيَة
- إِسْقَلُّونِيَة (ʔisqallūniya)plant of the genus Escallonia
Czech zábluda
- zábludaplant of the genus Escallonia
Danish eskallonia
- eskalloniaplant of the genus Escallonia
Finnish eskallonia
- eskalloniaplant of the genus Escallonia
Lithuanian smeilė
- smeilėplant of the genus Escallonia
Polish twardziczka, eskalonia
- twardziczkaplant of the genus Escallonia
- eskaloniaplant of the genus Escallonia
- szkarłatnikplant of the genus Escallonia
- żywistkaplant of the genus Escallonia
Russian эскалло́ния
- эскалло́ния (eskallónija)plant of the genus Escallonia
Cite this entry
APA
escallonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escallonia
MLA
“escallonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escallonia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escallonia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escallonia.
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