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Definition of Baptisias
1. baptisia [n] - See also: baptisia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baptisias
Literary usage of Baptisias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"baptisias beautiful in autumn by the colour changes in their foliage, ...
baptisias Natural Order LEGUMINOSA. Genus Baptisia BAPTISM (Greek, bapto, ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"baptisias are suitable for borders. They thrive in any ordinary soil and under
common treatment, preferring free exposure to sun. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"This species, like other baptisias, has spreading branches. The branches arc not
much subdivided, but frequently continue straight for several nodes. ..."
4. Studies Scientific & Social by Alfred Russel Wallace (1900)
"... baptisias with large pea-like flowers of blue, yellow or white, many species
of astragalus, yellow and white evening-primroses and other allied forms, ..."
5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"This species, like other baptisias, has spreading branches. The branches are not
much subdivided, but frequently continue straight for several nodes. ..."
6. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"There arc many native baptisias, but this is considered the best for cultivation.
CLOVER Trifolium. Named from tres, three, and folium, leaf. ..."
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