Meanings
plural lisianthuses
- Prairie gentian (Eustoma russellianum, syn. Eustoma grandiflorum, Lisianthius russellianus).
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Recently the art and fashion worlds have also become acquainted with the 53-year-old floral designer: he created the arrangements for the opening of the Palazzo Grassi museum in Venice two years ago and erected a wall of pink dahlias, gerberas, hydrangeas and lisianthuses as the backdrop to Dries Van Noten ’s spring 2007 collection.
2008 June 22, Armand Limnander, “The Avant Gardener”, in New York Times
Origin
From Lisianthus, an accepted synonym of Eustoma.
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