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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GARRYA

Named after Nicholas Garry (1781–1856), an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GARRYA

garrya  [ˈɡærɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GARRYA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Garrya is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GARRYA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

garrya

Garrya

Garrya is a genus of about 18 species of flowering plants in the family Garryaceae, native to North and Central America and the Caribbean. Common names include silk tassel, and tassel bush They are evergreen dioecious wind-pollinated shrubs growing to 1–5 m tall. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, and are simple, leathery, dark green to gray-green, ovate, 3–15 cm long, with an entire margin and a short petiole. The flowers are gray-green catkins, short and spreading when first produced in late summer; the male catkins becoming long and pendulous in late winter when shedding pollen, 3–20 cm long; the female catkins usually a little shorter and less pendulous. The fruit is a round dry berry containing two seeds.

Definition of garrya in the English dictionary

The definition of garrya in the dictionary is any ornamental catkin-bearing evergreen shrub of the North American genus Garrya: family Garryaceae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GARRYA


acharya
aˈtʃærɪə
ballcarrier
ˈbɔːlˌkærɪə
barrier
ˈbærɪə
carrier
ˈkærɪə
farrier
ˈfærɪə
harrier
ˈhærɪə
marrier
ˈmærɪə
noncarrier
ˌnɒnˈkærɪə
subcarrier
ˈsʌbˌkærɪə
supercarrier
ˈsuːpərˌkærɪə
tarrier
ˈtærɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GARRYA

garreted
garreteer
Garrett
Garrick
garrigue
garrison
garrison life
garrison town
garrison troops
garron
garrot
garrote
garroter
garrotte
garrotter
garrulity
garrulous
garrulously
garrulousness
garryowen

WORDS THAT END LIKE GARRYA

Amu Darya
Antalya
Catalunya
Gaya
hoya
Jaya
Kenya
Konya
Libya
Malatya
Maurya
maya
Oriya
ouguiya
playa
rya
Shankaracharya
Surabaya
Syr Darya
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Synonyms and antonyms of garrya in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «garrya» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GARRYA

Find out the translation of garrya to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of garrya from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «garrya» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

garrya
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Garrya
570 millions of speakers

English

garrya
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

garrya
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

garrya
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

garrya
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

garrya
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

garrya
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Garrya
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Garrya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Garrya
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

garrya
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

garrya
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Garrya
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

garrya
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

garrya
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गॅरीया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

garrya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

garrya
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

garrya
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

garrya
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

garrya
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

garrya
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

garrya
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

garrya
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

garrya
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of garrya

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GARRYA»

The term «garrya» is normally little used and occupies the 145.423 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GARRYA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «garrya» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «garrya» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about garrya

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GARRYA»

Discover the use of garrya in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to garrya and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: Volume 1: North America
Garryaceae Fadyenia Endl. e silktassel; fever bush, quinine bush (USA); silk- tassel; silk-tassel tree, skunk bush (USA) f garrya; bois amer (Haiti) s ovitano, zapotillo (Mexico) o Becherk‰tzchen (german); chichicuahuitl, cuahuchichi ( Mexico); ...
M.M. Grandtner, 2005
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Trees & Shrubs of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas
Plants of Garrya wrightii are shrubs 1-3 m high, with the mature leaves lighter green in color. The United States populations of G. wrightii are characterized by mature leaves that are more or less glabrous, but a few populations in Mexico may ...
A. Michael Powell, 2010
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Miscellaneous Publication
Gaertneria eriocentra, see Franseria eriocentra. Gaertneria ilicif olia, see Franseria ilicifolia. Garrya spp. Propagation of all species is by seeds, layers, or half-ripe cuttings under glass. Garrya buxif olia, see Garrya flavescens. Garrya elliptica ...
‎1938
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Native woody plants of the United States: their ...
Gaertneria eriocentra, see Franseria eriocentra. Gaertneria ilicif olia, see Franseria ilicifolia. Garrya spp. Propagation of all species is by seeds, layers, or half-ripe cuttings under Garrya buxifolia, see Garrya flavescens. Garrya elliptica Dougl.
William Richard Van Dersal, Furman Lloyd Mulford, Charles Warren Thornthwaite, 1938
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The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Physiology V19: Chemistry and ...
... and Garrya Species: The C,,-Diterpene Alkaloids BY S. W. PELLETIER AND L. H. KEITH . . 2 2. Diterpene Alkaloids from Aconitum, Delphinium, and Garrya Species: The C»-Diterpene Alkaloids BY S. W. PELLETIER AND L. H. KEITH .
R H F Manske, R. G. A. Rodrigo, 1982
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An Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States: Geraniaceae to ...
Garrya Fremontii Torr. Fremont's Silk-tassel. Fig. 3648. Garrya Fremontii Torr. Pacif. R. Rep. 4: 136. 1857. Garrya riiiida Eastw. Bot. Gaz. 36 : 461. 1903. Garrya Fremontii var. laxa Eastw. loc. cit. Shrub 1 . S-S m. high, the young twigs appressed ...
Le Roy Abrams, Roxana Stinchfield Ferris, 1923
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CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference
Garrya flavescens ssp. pallida 365 Gaura angustifolia garryaceae; (4) Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Zion National Park; (5) laxative; (6) common cold, gastrointestinal disturbances, venereal ailments; 11749. (8) Kawaiisu 11729.
Tim Johnson, 1998
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Alkaloid-bearing Plants and Their Contained Alkaloids
Garrya bnxifolia A. Gray 1 094 . Garrya elliplica Dongl 1095. Garrya fremontii Torr 1096. Garrya lanrifolia Benth 1097. Garrya racemosa Ramirez, 1098. Garrya vealchii Kellogg 1099. Garrya wrightii Torr 1100. Garrya sp 1101. Marlea rotndifolia ...
John James Willaman, Bernice Giduz Schubert, 1961
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USGA Restoration Handbook on CD-ROM
... heterophylla garberia eMS DS F U P Su BIs Garrya buxifolia dwarf silktassel eSS DS L GM — — — Garrya elliptica wavy-leaf silktassel eMS S FL GM — W s Garrya flavescens ashy silktassel eMS DS L GM — W s Garrya fremontii bearbush ...
Donald Harker, Kay Harker, Gary Libby, 1999
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The Woody Plant Seed Manual
Systematics and evolution of Garrya. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 209: 1-104. Kartesz JT. 1 994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd ed. Portland, OR : ...
F. T. Bonner, Robert P. Karrfalt

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GARRYA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term garrya is used in the context of the following news items.
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American beauties: From lupins to asters and evening primrose, let's …
Douglas also collected the flowering currant, Ribes sanguineum; berberis; the tassel bush (Garrya elliptica) and the parent of our garden ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Small gardens: seeing things from a fresh angle
... have produced a good crop and, on the back wall, the pale green catkins of silk tassel bush, Garrya elliptica James Roof, make an appealing ... «Homes and Property, Jul 15»
3
Sonny Bill back 100 days out from World Cup
Re: Wallabies Squad for Rugby Championship na... "No worries Bulldog, I will stop worrying."View post. in 2 daysgarrya304. Talk now >. «Fox Sports, Jun 15»
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Video: French rugby star's shocking stomp
"Rotgut I agree with a few calls but cannot agree on Copper and JOC. I also think Palu for ..."View post. in 20 hrsgarrya132. Talk now >. «Fox Sports, May 15»
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Our players don't want us: Tonga rugby chief
"@garrya sorry if I came across as sarcastic , Are you happy with Cooper and Genia and Gite..."View post. in 19 hrsBULLDOG325. Talk now >. «Fox Sports, May 15»
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Practice prudent pruning: Maintaining manzanita, ceanothus and …
Likewise, if a ceanothus (or an oak or a garrya) is sheared into a hedge, it won't be able to sustain any inner growth. It may be possible, ... «Los Altos Town Crier, Apr 15»
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Video: Pocock's beautiful try tribute
"Rotgut I agree with a few calls but cannot agree on Copper and JOC. I also think Palu for ..."View post. in 20 hrsgarrya132. Talk now >. «Fox Sports, Apr 15»
8
Gardens: A Cornish spring
In the past, I've bought the creamy yellow Camellia 'Jury's Yellow', Clematis 'Etoile Violette' and Garrya elliptica 'James Roof', all still thriving in ... «Western Morning News, Apr 15»
9
Backyard labyrinth is 'a little zone of peace'
... that would grow to be as self-sustaining as possible, Scott used a backbone of Northwest native plants, like evergreen garrya and mahonia. «The Seattle Times, Apr 15»
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Gardeners' Question Time
Chris – Itea ilicifolia has a fresh green colour with long green tassles. Garrya elliptica has dark green leaves with tassles and is winter flowering. «BBC News, Mar 15»

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