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A candidissima
Egret E"gret, n. [See Aigret, Heron.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, or Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima). A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. --G. W. Cable. 2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette. 3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A kind of ape.
Ardea candidissima
Snowy Snow"y, a. 1. White like snow. ``So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.' --Shak. 2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. ``The snowy top of cold Olympus.' --Milton. 3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless. There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall (1646). Snowy heron (Zo["o]l.), a white heron, or egret (Ardea candidissima), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chili; -- called also plume bird. Snowy lemming (Zo["o]l.), the collared lemming (Cuniculus torquatus), which turns white in winter. Snowy owl (Zo["o]l.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea Scandiaca, or N. nivea) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl. Snowy plover (Zo["o]l.), a small plover ([AE]gialitis nivosa) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white.

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- Benthamidia florida (L.) Spach Cornus candidissima Mill. Cynoxylon floridum (L.) Britton & Shafer Swida candidissima (Mill.) Small Cornus urbiniana Rose...
- Sphincterochila candidissima is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sphincterochilidae. Sphincterochila...
- + Agathotoma candidissima, common name Cox's mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae. The length of the...
- Chauvetia candidissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. Chauvetia candidissima (Philippi...
- panicles of white flowers, blooming from May to July. The cultivar 'Candidissima' bears double flowers, and is taller than the species at up to 4 m (13 ft)...
- (Hoffmanns. & Link) Ehrend. & Y.P.Guo Athanasia maritima (L.) L. Filago maritima L. Achillea maritima (L.) Ehrend. & Y. P. Guo Diotis candidissima Desf....
- Binomial name Calycophyllum candidissimum (Vahl) DC. Synonyms Macrocnemum candidissimum Vahl Mussaenda candida Poir. Mussaenda candidissima (Vahl) Schult....
- Garden Merit:- Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko' Deutzia monbeigii Deutzia scabra ‘Candidissima’ Deutzia scabra ‘Codsall Pink’ Deutzia setchuenensis var. corymbiflora...
- Salvia candidissima, the blazing white sage, is a herbaceous perennial native throughout western Greece, and parts of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran, generally...
- flowers on an inflorescence. There is only one known species, Cladochaeta candidissima, native to the Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Dagestan). Flann, C (ed)...