Definition of Peltiphyllum

1. Noun. One species.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Peltiphyllum

Pellizzi's syndrome
Pellow
Pelobatidae
Peloponnese
Peloponnesian
Peloponnesian Peninsula
Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesians
Peloponnesus
Pelops
Peltandra
Peltandra virginica
Peltier
Peltier cooling
Peltier effect
Peltiphyllum
Peltiphyllum peltatum
Pelusiac
Pelycosauria
Pema
Pemako
Pembroke
Pembroke Welsh corgi
Pembrokeshire
Pempheridae
Penang
Penang Sign Language
Penang lawyer
Penang lawyers

Literary usage of Peltiphyllum

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Including Ber- ii'-niit and peltiphyllum. genera which are maintained as distinct ... The true saxifrages, so-called (excluding Bergenia and peltiphyllum), ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1889)
"peltiphyllum, Engl. Only represented by a single species. Easily increased by division of the rhizome or by seed. S. peltata, Torr. ..."

3. Guidebook of the Western United States by Joseph Silas Diller (1916)
"The clear rushing Sacramento, here foaming over bowl- ders, there flashing more quietly under the large leaves of the water) saxifrage (peltiphyllum ..."

4. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"... under the name peltiphyllum. From a thick fleshy root-stock rise stout erect leaf-stalks, at the ends of which grow the target-like leaves, ..."

5. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"... abounding in starch, formerly used as food by the Indians. 1529. peltiphyllum,Engelm. Saxifragaceae. From Greek, "shield leaf". ..."

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