Definition of Peperomias

1. peperomia [n] - See also: peperomia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peperomias

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pep pill
pep pills
pep rally
pep squad
pep squads
pep talk
pep talks
pep up
pepastic
peperino
peperinos
pepernoot
peperomia
peperomias (current term)
peperoncini
peperoni
peperonis
pepful
pepino
pepinos
pepita
pepitas
pepla
peplis
peplomer
peplomers
peplomycin
peplos

Literary usage of Peperomias

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"The names of peperomias are much confused, partly owing to the vast size of the ... peperomias are very attractive little plants, and t hi-ir fleshy leaves ..."

2. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"The peperomias, which are spreading, green plants, allied to Pepper, grow also on moist rocks, on the dark sides of which, ..."

3. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"The peperomias, which arc spreading, green plants, allied to Pepper, grow also on moist rocks, on the dark sides of which, ..."

4. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"The peperomias, which are spreading, green plants, allied to Pepper, grow also on moist rocks, on the dark sides of •which, ..."

5. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"In the Piperaceae the upper surface of the leaf of all peperomias in which the point has been ... As in the peperomias, so in many species of ..."

6. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"The spongy tissue also takes part in the storage of water in the peperomias, and consequently contains little chlorophyll. Sclerenchyma has been observed ..."

7. A Naturalist in Mid-Africa: Being an Account of a Journey to the Mountains by George Francis Scott Elliot (1896)
"Some of these were 20 feet high; all were covered with soft green moss and quantities of peperomias, Begonias, and ferns of all possible different shapes. ..."

8. Greenhouse & Stove Plants: Flowering and Fine-leaved, Palms, Ferns, and by Thomas Baines (1885)
"Thrips and red spider some- ,imes gain a footing on peperomias if the .tmosphere is too dry, but with attention ю syringing and sufficient care to see that ..."

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