Boronia
noun
any aromatic rutaceous shrub of the Australian genus Boronia
Historical Examples
Captivity M. Leonora Eyles
Peeps At Many Lands: Australia Frank Fox
Australian Pictures Howard Willoughby
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia Ludwig Leichhardt
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