Definition of Nauclea

1. Noun. Small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves.

Exact synonyms: Genus Nauclea
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rubiaceae, Madder Family, Rubiaceae
Member holonyms: Nauclea Diderrichii, Opepe, Sarcocephalus Diderrichii

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nauclea

Natore District
Natrix
Natrix maura
Natrix natrix
Natrix sipedon
Nats
Natta
Nattalie
Natterer's slaty antshrike
Nattie
Natufian
Natufians
Natural Governing Party
Nature
Naubinway
Nauclea (current term)
Nauclea diderrichii
Naucrates
Naucrates ductor
Naugahyde
Nauheim bath
Nauheim treatment
Naupactus
Nauru
Nauru Island
Nauruan
Nauruans
Nausicaan
Nauta
Nauta's stain

Literary usage of Nauclea

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

1. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"Nauclea as here interpreted in the original Linnaean sense consists of the following ... 1906; non Nauclea ovata Merr. 1913. Philippines. Nauclea esculenta ..."

2. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"Hagin kae mará, CAN., Nauclea, ... vulgaris. of Garcinia gutta, RW Hedde, CAN., Nauclea cordifolia, Roxb. ... SINGH., Nauclea parvifolia, Roxb. ..."

3. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1827)
"leaving it doubtful whether or not the Nauclea orientalis is different; but he does not quote the Katou Tsjaka. Afterwards M. Poiret does not diminish the ..."

4. The Technologist (1862)
"Nauclea diversifolia, Wall. ... Weight, 43 ; girth, 6 ; length, 30. Used for planking. 70. Nauclea, sp. ..."

5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"Kew, and the specimen collected by Haenke, type of Nauclea canescens Bartl., in Herb. ... Haviland states 1. c., that he had not seen the type of Nauclea ..."

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