NOUN
- type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet
How To Use Clethra In A Sentence
- When June comes, -- when the clethra is heaped with its bee-beloved blossoms, and the grass is green and bright as never again in the year, then the arethusa is to be sought. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860
- Then, MICROSCAPE inside a curvilinear bed in front of the hedge using the smallest sizes of other viburnums, hydrangeas, fothergillas, clethras, chokeberries, hollies, ornamental flowering trees, and conifers you can find. Archive 2008-03-01
- One can hypothesize that Clethraceae, Cyrillaceae, and Sarraceniaceae have had an unbroken history of occupancy of mesic or bog habitats that are relatively constant in water availability throughout the year.
