Definition of Blandfordia

1. Noun. Small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs.

Exact synonyms: Genus Blandfordia
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Christmas Bells

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blandfordia

Blairist
Blairista
Blairistas
Blairite
Blairites
Blaise
Blaise Pascal
Blake
Blalock-Hanlon operation
Blalock-Taussig shunt
Blalock shunt
Blanch
Blanche
Blanchotian
Blandfordia
Blandin's gland
Blankley
Blankshire
Blanquism
Blantyre
Blarina
Blarina brevicauda
Blarney Stone
Blase
Blasius
Blasius' duct
Blastocladia
Blastocladiales
Blastoconidium

Literary usage of Blandfordia

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

1. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"blandfordia.—Banksia serratifolia.—Human Bonos.—Scrub and Fern.—Fossil Shells.—Table Cape.—Trees, &c.—Emu Bay.—Magnificent Forest.—Gigantic Trees. ..."

2. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1849)
"OUR drawing of this very handsome species 'of blandfordia was made from a specimen which flowered in the possession of Messrs. Low and Son, Nurserymen, ..."

3. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"blandfordia.—Banksia serratifolia.—Human Bonos.—Scrub and Fern.—Fossil Shells.—Table Cape.—Trees, &c.—Emu Bay.—Magnificent Forest.—Gigantic Trees. ..."

4. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1849)
"OUR drawing of this very handsome species 'of blandfordia was made from a specimen which flowered in the possession of Messrs. Low and Son, Nurserymen, ..."

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