[L. staticē, a. Gr. στατική, orig. fem. of στατικός causing to stand still (see STATIC a.) in the specific sense ‘stopping flow of blood’] A genus of herbaceous perennial plants, typical of the tribe Staticeæ, N.O. Plumbaginaceæ; a plant of this genus, esp. Sea Lavender.
1731. Miller, Gard. Dict., Statice; Thrift or Sea Pink.
1745. R. James, Med. Dict., III. s.v., Dodonæus pretends that the Statice is of no Use in Medicine, but that the Flowers are beautiful enough in Garlands.
1837. P. Keith, Bot. Lex., 166. In some plants a single flower produces only a single seed, as in Statice or Thrift.
1873. Tristram, Moab, xviii. 353. Now pale lilac from a statice, now as softly red from the sorrel in flower.
1881. Encycl. Brit., XII. 262/1. [Greenhouse Plants.] Statices include some very highly ornamental plants.
1882. Garden, 22 July, 64/3. The Statice is a cloud of bluish grey.
