Definition of Tolmiea menziesii

1. Noun. Vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk.

Exact synonyms: Pickaback Plant, Piggyback Plant, Youth-on-age
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Tolmiea, Tolmiea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tolmiea Menziesii

Tolais
Toldt
Toldt's fascia
Toldt's membrane
Tolectin
Toledo
Tolinase
Tolkien
Tolkienesque
Tolkienian
Tolkienite
Tolkienites
Toll House cookie
Tollywood
Tolmiea
Tolmiea menziesii (current term)
Tolomako
Tolosa
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
Tolstoy
Tolstoyan
Toltec
Toltecs
Tolu balsam
Toluca
Tolyatti
Tolypeutes
Tolypeutes tricinctus

Literary usage of Tolmiea menziesii

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

1. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1898)
"(fF. Spreadborough.) Specimens from nearly all the above localities were named R. Woodsii by Crepin, but we have no R. Woodsii in Canada. Tolmiea menziesii ..."

2. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society, British Soviet Friendship Society (1881)
"In the State of Oregon, the Tolmiea menziesii grows in moist, shady places. Its manner of propagating itself is very unusual among plants; buds are formed ..."

3. Pamphlets on Forestry in Washington (1906)
"Fl. Bor. Am. 1:237. pi. 80. 1833. Tolmiea menziesii Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 582. 1840. TYPE LOCALITY: "On the northwest coast." Collected by Menzies. ..."

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