Lexic.us

Definition of Sciadopitys verticillata

1. Noun. Tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sciadopitys Verticillata

Literary usage of Sciadopitys verticillata

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

1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1861)
"Sciadopitys verticillata Zuccarini. Kanagawa. Tree, to 140 feet. Habit, pyramidal, distinct ... Mr. Veitch states that " Sciadopitys verticillata and Cryp- ..."

2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1874)
"ing the Farfugium grande ; aleo the Sciadopitys verticillata. Amongst the trees I observed a Fir which was very remarkable, and must have given, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Horticultural Society of London by Horticultural Society of London (1861)
"... Mr. STANDISH stated that the Sciadopitys verticillata, ... namely:— Sciadopitys verticillata: one of the finest Conifers of Japan, or, after the Deodar, ..."

4. Select Extra-tropical Plants by Ferdinand von Mueller (1895)
"Sciadopitys verticillata, Siebold. The curious " Kooya-maki," or " Kane-Matau," or Umbrella-Fir of Japan. Becoming 140 feet high ; pyramidal in habit. ..."

5. The Pinetum: Being a Synopsis of All the Coniferous Plants at Present Known by George Gordon, Robert Glendinning (1858)
"... Sciadopitys verticillata, Siebold, the Whorl-leaved Sciadopitys. Syn. Pinus verticillata, Siebold. „ Taxus verticillata, Thunberg. ..."

6. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"These facts in connection with the FIG. 41.—Sciadopitys verticillata: at the left an ovulate strobilus, at the right a branch with ..."

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