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Definition of Pittosporum
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pittosporum
Literary usage of Pittosporum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"137) ; of as many as three in the firm leaf of the Oleander ; is generally- hard
and thick in such coriaceous leaves as those of pittosporum and ..."
2. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"... REGIONS The Age of Wide Dispersal over the Tropical Pacific. The widely
dispersed genera which possess only peculiar species in Hawaii. — pittosporum. ..."
3. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... pittosporum FAMILY. A small family of shrubs ала trees, belonging mostly to
the southern hemisphere, a few in common cultivation: 1. ..."
4. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"pittosporum. (Greek: pitch, seed; the seeds are generally covered with a sticky
exudation.) Flowers regular, of 6 sepals, 6 petals, and -5 stamens; ..."
5. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Structure, Growth by James Sykes Gamble (1881)
"An order containing one genus of Indian trees or shrubs, the remaining genera
being chiefly Australian. The genus pittosporum, Hook. ..."
6. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"The variegated pittosporum is frequently subject to striking bud variations ...
These observations led to a study of several pittosporum tobira plants where ..."
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