Definition of Rivina humilis

1. Noun. Bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas.

Exact synonyms: Blood Berry, Bloodberry, Rouge Plant, Rougeberry
Group relationships: Genus Rivina, Rivina
Generic synonyms: Houseplant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivina Humilis

River Kasai
River Lethe
River Plate
River Severn
River Styx
River Thames
River Trent
River Tyne
Rivera
Rivero-Carvallo effect
Rivers' cocktail
Riverside
Riviera
Riviere's salt
Rivina
Rivina humilis
Rivinus' canals
Rivinus' ducts
Rivinus' gland
Rivinus' incisure
Rivinus' membrane
Rivinus' notch
Rivne
Rix
Rixon
Riyadh
Rizal Day
Rkatsiteli
Rn
Ro

Literary usage of Rivina humilis

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

1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"The wood-fibres of rivina humilis are septate in some places. The following statements regarding the structure of the cortex are based on my own examination ..."

2. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1899)
"1075. Petiveria alliacea, L. Duval county, C 2341; Eustis, N 1727; Palm Beach, C 5520, H 1597. 1076. rivina humilis, L. Eustis, N 1273; Palm Beach, C 5383, ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Species 3 (Walter, Engler's Pflanzenreich, hft. 39), native of Trop. and Subtrop. Amer., but intro. into Asia and Afr. 3412. rivina humilis. ..."

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