Definition of Raoulia

1. Noun. Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia.


Definition of Raoulia

1. a large, white plant [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raoulia

Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus ficaria
Ranunculus flammula
Ranunculus glaberrimus
Ranunculus lingua
Ranunculus lyalii
Ranunculus occidentalis
Ranunculus repens
Ranunculus sceleratus
Ranvier's crosses
Ranvier's disks
Ranvier's node
Ranvier's plexus
Ranvier's segment
Raoul Dufy
Raoulia (current term)
Raoulia australis
Raoulia lutescens
Raoult's law
Rapa Nui
Rapanui
Rapateaceae
Raphael
Raphaelesque
Raphaelism
Raphanus
Raphanus raphanistrum
Raphanus sativus
Raphanus sativus longipinnatus
Raphia

Literary usage of Raoulia

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

1. The Intellectual Observer (1867)
"Twelve species of Raoulia have been discovered in New Zealand, where the plants are ... Raoulia Australia, Hf. A small, moss-like, densely- tufted plant, ..."

2. Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. by George Bentham, Ferdinand von Mueller (1866)
"Raoulia. with solitary, sessile or shortly pedunculate flower- Pappus plumose from the base, ... Raoulia. Flower-heads strictly dioecious 7«. ANTENNARIA. ..."

3. The Gallery of Marianne North's Paintings of Plants and Their Homes, Royal by William Botting Hemsley (1883)
"Behind the Raoulia are some.fronds of the singular fern (Trichomanes reniforme, Forst.), .which is peculiar to New Zealand. The prickly leaves hanging from ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"... exhibited specimens of two remarkable Alpine xerophytes from an altitude of 4000 feet on New Zealand mountains, known as vegetable-sheep, Raoulia and ..."

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