Definition of Decumaria

1. Noun. Small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Decumaria

Decemberly
Decembers
Decembery
Decembr
Decembre
Decembrist
Decembrists
Decima
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Decius
Declan
Declaration of Independence
Declomycin
Decoration Day
Decuma
Decumaria (current term)
Decumaria barbara
Decumaria barbata
Dedekindian
Dee
Deems Taylor
Deep North
Deep South
Deep Throat
Deep Throats
Deep Vent DNA polymerase
Deepak
Deepfreeze
Deere
Deeside

Literary usage of Decumaria

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

1. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1913)
"Decumaria barbara History.—Written July 1, 1882. I should have said that as our previous visit to the Dismal Swamp was made before the middle of May the ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Decumaria barbara L. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 1663. 1763. Glabrous, or the shoots pubescent, climbing by aerial rootlets to a height of several feet . ..."

3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"The only place in which we have seen a vigorous growing plant of : Decumaria is in the garden of the Rev 679 Thomas Gamier, at Bishop Stoke, in Hampshire, ..."

4. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Decumaria. Willden. sp. pi. 2. p. 850. .Cose. in actes de la sac. d'hist. nat. de paris, p. 76.1.13. ... Climbing Decumaria. Nat. of Carolina. Introd. ..."

5. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Climbing Decumaria. Ak/. of Carolina. Introd. 1785, by Baron Hake. Fl . " S. fc. LAGERSTR QE MI A. Gen.pl. 667. /*(7/. ..."

6. North American Flora by New York Botanical Garden (1905)
"Decumaria L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 1663. 1763. Vines climbing by means of aerial rootlets, ... Decumaria sarmentosa Bosc, Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 1: 76. 1792. ..."

7. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Flowers whit«; end of May, June. Shrub I to ti lit! high : common. Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. Decumaria L. Sp. PI. ed. ..."

8. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1864)
"But we seem further to have a form intermediate between Philadelphus and Deutzia, in Decumaria, which is described as having thrice as many stamens as ..."

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