Definition of Codiaeum

1. Noun. Evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands.

Exact synonyms: Genus Codiaeum
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Euphorbiaceae, Family Euphorbiaceae, Spurge Family
Member holonyms: Codiaeum Variegatum, Croton

Lexicographical Neighbors of Codiaeum

Cockneys
Cocoa
Cocoliche
Cocopa
Cocopah
Cocos
Cocos Islander
Cocos nucifera
Cocteau
Cocus
Cocytus
Codariocalyx
Codariocalyx motorius
Codegua
Codex medicamentarius
Codiaeum (current term)
Codiaeum variegatum
Codies
Codman's sign
Codman's triangle
Codman's tumour
Cody
Coe virus
Coelenterata
Coeloglossum
Coeloglossum bracteatum
Coeloglossum viride
Coenurus cerebralis
Coenurus serialis

Literary usage of Codiaeum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Thompsonii: Codiaeum variegatum Thomsonii. The following trade-names are probably horticultural forms of Codiaeum variegatum ..."

2. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1876)
"... sondern es wurden in diesem Institut auch schon eine ganze Reihe schöner Bastarde Codiaeum variegatum ..."

3. Bulletin by United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Office of Experiment Stations (1905)
"7351. Codiaeum VARIEGATUM. Croton elysian. 7352. Codiaeum ... 7353. Codiaeum VARIEGATUM. Croton euterpe. 7354. Codiaeum VARIEGATUM. Croton hermon. 7355. ..."

4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1906)
"Codiaeum ( ?) luzonicum Merrill, sp. nov. Erect, unbranched, shrubby, 0.8 to 1.6 m. high. Stems gray or brown, glabrous, the younger portions somewhat ..."

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