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Zechstein(dictionary)

diervilla (iou) and Zechstein (iou)


diervilla (iou)



diervilla noun. E19.
[mod. Latin, from Dierville, French surgeon and discoverer of the plant, c 1700 + -A1.]
Any of various deciduous flowering shrubs of the honeysuckle family, most of which are now placed in the genus Weigela leaving a few in Diervilla.

Zechstein (iou)



Zechstein noun & adjective. E19.
[German, lit. 'mine-stone'.]
Geology.
A. noun. An Upper Permian limestone developed in northern Germany and the North Sea basin, corresponding to magnesian limestone; the series of strata containing this. E19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Pertaining to or designating the stratigraphic sequence of these rocks, or the shallow sea under which they were laid down. E20.