Definition of Jacquinia armillaris

1. Noun. Small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets.

Exact synonyms: Bracelet Wood
Group relationships: Genus Jacquinia, Jacquinia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacquinia Armillaris

Jacques Germain Soufflot
Jacques Lipchitz
Jacques Loeb
Jacques Louis David
Jacques Lucien Monod
Jacques Marquette
Jacques Monod
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tatischeff
Jacques Yves Costeau
Jacquet's erythema
Jacqui
Jacquie
Jacquinia
Jacquinia armillaris (current term)
Jacquinia keyensis
Jaculus
Jaculus jaculus
Jacuzzi
Jacuzzis
Jada
Jade
Jade Emperor
Jaden
Jadon

Literary usage of Jacquinia armillaris

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

1. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland (1827)
"... which is the principal ingredient, are mixed pimento (capsicum), tobacco, barbasco (jacquinia armillaris), ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"... while on rocky parts of the coast Jacquinia armillaris was equally common. spikes of yellow blossoms. In dry woods I met with Sapindus esculentus, ..."

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