Blicher
STEEN STEENSEN (blich'er), a Danish poet and novelist, born in Viborg in 1782. His first work was a translation of "Ossian" (2 vols., 1807-1809), and his first original poems appeared in 1814, but attracted little notice. He quickly won a national reputation with his novels, and in 1842 appeared his masterpiece of novel writing, "The Knitting Room," a collection of short stories in the Jutland dialect. He died in 1848.
BLIGHIA (named after Captain Bligh), a genus of plants belonging to the order sapindacex (soapworts). B. sapida is the ash leaved akee tree.
Blighia is now considered only a synonym of cupania.