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Definition of Lambertia formosa
1. Noun. Erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar.
Group relationships: Genus Lambertia, Lambertia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lambertia Formosa
Literary usage of Lambertia formosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1810)
"Brown in linn. soc. transact. 10. p. 188. pndr. 387. Lambertia formosa. Smith in
linn. soc. transact. 4. ft. 223. tal. 20. ..."
2. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"... and some others of that genus, with lively, yellow flowers, and with Bursaria
spinosa, which is fragrant and white, Lambertia formosa, a stiff bush, ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... and the peculiar insects which constitute a portion of it ? ' " Honey-Eucalypt, ;/.
See Box- tree, Yellow. Honey-flower, ;/. Lambertia formosa, Smith ..."
4. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"... auricles which clasp the axis horizontally. The first leaf is elliptic and
entire. Lambertia formosa (fig. 627) has obovate and emarginate as well as ..."
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