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Definition of Jacksonia
1. Noun. Genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacksonia
Literary usage of Jacksonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"The interspaces in the spiral ornamentation of Î". jacksonia are wider than on C.
cetaria. Such a character cannot be relied on when dealing with worn ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1886)
"... and jacksonia have been seen by me in the live state ; their colour is light
brownish yellow, but varies apparently according to the size or age of the ..."
3. A Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists by James Britten, George Simonds Boulger (1893)
"Linn. Soc. x. 358. Contributed to Eng. Bot. 1251, 2459. Eees (under jacksonia) ;
ESC iii. 509 ; Journ. Bot. 1886, 137. jacksonia ..."
4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"20): " A second creek, with running water, which from the number of dogwood
shrubs (jacksonia), in the full glory of their golden blossoms, ..."
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