Definition of Oxandra

1. Noun. Genus of tropical trees.

Exact synonyms: Genus Oxandra
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Annonaceae, Custard-apple Family, Family Annonaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxandra

Owenian
Owenite
Owenites
Owens
Owensboro
Oxalidaceae
Oxalis acetosella
Oxalis caprina
Oxalis cernua
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis crenata
Oxalis pes-caprae
Oxalis tuberosa
Oxalis violacea
Oxandra
Oxandra lanceolata
Oxbridge
Oxbridgian
Oxfam
Oxford
Oxford English
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford University
Oxford blue
Oxford comma
Oxford commas
Oxford movement
Oxford shoe
Oxford shoes

Literary usage of Oxandra

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

1. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"See oxandra laurifolia. A tree from the interior of the island; height, 30 to 35 feet; ... Haya bianca. See oxandra laurifolia. Haya prieta. See oxandra ..."

2. Forests of Porto Rico: Past, Present, and Future and Their Physical and by Louis Sutliffe Murphy (1916)
"Pith rays narrow, scarcely visible to the unaided eye. 19. oxandra ... It is used largely for the same purposes as the true lancewood (oxandra ..."

3. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1907)
"The greatest number of individuals is found in Calyptranthes and oxandra, with certainly other arboreal species coming very close to them. ..."

4. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"ANONA RETICULATA L. " Custard Apple." Commonly cultivated for its fruit. West end. June (453, Mrs. R. 434). Eggers Fl. 6. 316. [oxandra laurifolia Rich. ..."

5. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1816)
"... of the French Institute, was read, containing a description of two new species of American plants, the xylopia sericea and oxandra lauri- ..."

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