Definition of Flindersia

1. Noun. Small genus of Australian timber trees.

Exact synonyms: Genus Flindersia
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Meliaceae, Mahogany Family, Meliaceae
Member holonyms: Silver Ash

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flindersia

Fletcher
Fletchers
Fleur
Flevoland
Flexeril
Flexi disc
Flexi discs
Flexibase
Flexner's bacillus
Flickrer
Flidais
Flieringa's ring
Flieringa ring
Flieringa rings
Flindersia (current term)
Flindersia australis
Flindersia schottiana
Flint
Flint's arcade
Flint's murmur
Flint's syndrome
Flint River
Flintshire
Flintstonian
Flip
Flipper
Flips
Fliss
Flo

Literary usage of Flindersia

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

1. Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign by Thomas Laslett (1894)
"Flindersia australis, sometimes called Ash,f is a hard, close, and very durable timber, well known, ... Several other species of Flindersia are used also. ..."

2. The Forage Plants of Australia by Frederick Turner (1891)
"There are about five species of the genus Flindersia indigenous in Australia ... Some fine Flindersia trees may be seen growing in the parks and gardens of ..."

3. Official Guide to the Museums of Economic Botany by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1893)
"10, Queensland Collection.) « No. 60. Flindersia ... (See No. 12,Queensland Collection.) No. 61. Flindersia sp. ..."

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