statice noun. 
['statɪsi] M18.[Latin from Greek statikē fem. of statikos causing to stand still (see STATIC adjective), in sense 'stopping the flow of blood'.]Any plant of the former genus 
Statice (family Plumbaginaceae), which contained the sea-lavenders, genus 
Limonium, and formerly also thrift, 
Armeria maritima. 
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