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Definition of Osmanthus
1. Noun. Widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Oleaceae, Oleaceae, Olive Family
Member holonyms: American Olive, Devilwood, Osmanthus Americanus
Definition of Osmanthus
1. Noun. Any of several widely distributed evergreen flowering plants, of the genus ''Osmanthus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmanthus
Literary usage of Osmanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"In the Hawaiian Islands the family is represented by the genus Osmanthus with a
... The genus Osmanthus with its 10 species is distributed in South Asia, ..."
2. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"In the Hawaiian Islands the family is represented by the genus Osmanthus with a
... The genus Osmanthus with its 10 species is distributed in South Asia, ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1918)
"The devil-wood (Osmanthus) of our Gulf states, sometimes called the American
olive, belongs in this family, as do the lilac, forsythia, privet, ..."
4. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"Osmanthus aquifolium has handsome holly-like leaves, is evergreen and of ...
Osmanthus fragrans has entire, elliptic-shaped leaves and bears yellow flowers. ..."
5. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"Osmanthus, Lour. Trees or shrubs, with terete or slightly angled ... Osmanthus with
ten species inhabits eastern North America, the Hawaiian Islands, ..."
6. Gardening in California, Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1914)
"Osmanthus. So named on account of the fragrance of its flowers. ... Osmanthus
aquifolium has handsome holly-like leaves, is evergreen and of good habit, ..."
7. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster (1908)
"Holly-leaved Osmanthus. Japan. This is a handsome evergreen shrub, ... Myrtle-leaved
Osmanthus. A very distinct and beautiful shrub, with unarmed leaves. ..."
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