Definition of Fabiana imbricata

1. Noun. Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic.

Exact synonyms: Pichi
Group relationships: Fabiana, Genus Fabiana
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fabiana Imbricata

F waves
F word
F words
Fab
Fab Four
Fab fragment
Fab piece
Fabaceae
Faber's anaemia
Faber's syndrome
Faberge
Faberge egg
Fabian
Fabian Society
Fabiana
Fabiana imbricata (current term)
Fabianism
Fabians
Fabius
Fabry's disease
Fabry disease
Fabs
Facebook
Facebooked
Facebooking
Facebooks
Fachtna Fáthach
Factors I XII
Faded Giant
Faded Giants

Literary usage of Fabiana imbricata

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

1. Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook (1908)
"Fabiana imbricata.—Chili. A charming evergreen heath-like shrub, bearing a profusion of pure- white tubular flowers clustered thickly around every shoot. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1890)
"Fabiana imbricata—Proximate Examination.—Referring to the description and chemical examination of this drug, commonly called "Pichi. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1899)
"briefly summed up as follows : Fabiana imbricata contains no alkaloid other than ... The leaves of fabiana imbricata contains much magnesium phosphate. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1899)
"briefly summed up as follows : Fabiana imbricata contains no alkaloid other than ... The leaves of fabiana imbricata contains much magnesium phosphate. ..."

5. The British Florist: Or, Lady's Journal of Horticulture (1846)
"Fabiana imbricata. Erica intermedia, Boronia serrulata, ... Metrosideros Speciosa, Fabiana imbricata, Polygala grandiflora, J.Godfrey, esq. Best 3 ditto. ..."

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