Definition of Diervilla

1. Noun. Small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Diervilla

Diedre
Dieffenbach's method
Dieffenbachia
Dieffenbachia sequine
Diego
Diego Rivera
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez
Diegueno
Diels-Alder reaction
Diels-Alder reactions
Diels hydrocarbon
Dien Bien Phu
Dientamoeba fragilis
Dieppe
Dieri
Diervilla (current term)
Diervilla lonicera
Diervilla sessilifolia
Dies Irae
Dieterle's stain
Dietl
Dietl's crisis
Dietrich
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dieuaide diagram
Dieulafoy's erosion
Dieulafoy's theory
Diganta
Digby
Diggens

Literary usage of Diervilla

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

1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Genus Diervilla Diervilla (named by Tournefort in honour of M. ... The structure of the flowers is similar to that of Diervilla, but the inflorescence is a ..."

2. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"Diervilla. Diervilla trifida. — Three-flowered Bush Honeysuckle. — This is a pretty native shrub, from two to four feet high, with handsome opposite leaves, ..."

3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1890)
"... THE GENESIS OF LONICERA AND Diervilla. By Prof. THOMAS MEEHAN, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. ON THE POSITION OF THE NECTAR GLANDS IN ECHINOPS. By Prof. ..."

4. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"5. SYMPHORICARPOS. Corolla irregular, the limb more or less z-lipped. 6. LONICERA. Fruit capsular.' 7. Diervilla. 1. ..."

5. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1853)
"The one hitherto known as Diervilla versicolor, Weigelia Japonica, and Weigelia rosea, to be called Diervilla Japonica. 3. ..."

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