Definition of Rivina

1. Noun. Small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivina

River Cocytus
River Kasai
River Lethe
River Plate
River Severn
River Styx
River Thames
River Trent
River Tyne
Rivera
Rivero-Carvallo effect
Rivers' cocktail
Riverside
Riviera
Riviere's salt
Rivina (current term)
Rivina humilis
Rivinus' canals
Rivinus' ducts
Rivinus' gland
Rivinus' incisure
Rivinus' membrane
Rivinus' notch
Rivne
Rix
Rixon
Riyadh
Rizal Day
Rkatsiteli
Rn

Literary usage of Rivina

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

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1822)
"The berries are of the same colour with those of Rivina humilis and possess probably the same qualities. We wish some one who cultivates these plants would ..."

2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1810)
"Downy Rivina. Nat. of the West Indies. Cult, before 1699, in Chelsea Garden. ... Rivina sarmentosa. Brown jam. 149. t. 23. f. 2. Climbing Rivina. ..."

3. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Climbing Rivina. Nat. of the Weft Indies. Cult, before 1752, by Mr. Philip Miller. Mili . ditt. edit. 6. n. 1. Fl . S. 1i. ..."

4. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Rivina humilis. Sp. pl. 177. Downy Rivina. Nat. of the Weft Indies. ... lavis, Rivina la-vis. Linn. mant. 41, 512. ..."

5. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1902)
"Jedenfalls aber ist Rivina humilis eine Pflanze, die sowohl der ... Sind sie genügend erstarkt, dann pflanzt man die Rivina in kleine ..."

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