Definition of Lambertia formosa

1. Noun. Erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar.

Exact synonyms: Honey-flower, Honeyflower, Mountain Devil
Group relationships: Genus Lambertia, Lambertia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lambertia Formosa

Lamaze
Lamaze method
Lamaze method of childbirth
Lamb
Lamb of God
Lamb shift
Lamb shifts
Lambaréné
Lambert
Lambert's law
Lambert's syndrome
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
Lambert pine
Lambert pines
Lambertia
Lambertia formosa
Lambian
Lambis
Lambl's excrescences
Lamblia intestinalis
Lambo
Lamborghini
Lamborghinis
Lambos
Lambrinudi
Lambrinudi operation
Lambrusco
Lambruscos
Lambya
Lamellibranchia

Literary usage of Lambertia formosa

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

1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1810)
"Brown in linn. soc. transact. 10. p. 188. pndr. 387. lambertia formosa. Smith in linn. soc. transact. 4. ft. 223. tal. 20. ..."

2. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"... and some others of that genus, with lively, yellow flowers, and with Bursaria spinosa, which is fragrant and white, lambertia formosa, a stiff bush, ..."

3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... and the peculiar insects which constitute a portion of it ? ' " Honey-Eucalypt, ;/. See Box- tree, Yellow. Honey-flower, ;/. lambertia formosa, Smith ..."

4. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"... auricles which clasp the axis horizontally. The first leaf is elliptic and entire. lambertia formosa (fig. 627) has obovate and emarginate as well as ..."

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