Definition of Ruellia

1. a plant of the acanthus family [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruellia

rudmasday
rudraksha
ruds
rue
rue anemone
rue family
rued
rueful
ruefully
ruefulness
ruefulnesses
rueing
rueings
ruelle
ruelles
ruellia (current term)
ruellias
ruer
ruers
rues
rufescent
ruffe
ruffed
ruffed grouse
ruffed grouses
ruffed lemur
ruffes
ruffian
ruffianage

Literary usage of Ruellia

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

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"... I studied them and found various points that may be of interest to students of plant anatomy. It will be seen from this study that ruellia has a ..."

2. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1848)
"ruellia macrophylla succeeds under culture when grown in the soil and favoured with the treatment stove plants usually receive. ..."

3. Histology of Medicinal Plants by William Mansfield (1916)
"CROSS-SECTION ruellia RHIZOME The cross-section of ruellia rhizome (Plate 92) differs from the structure of spigelia rhizome. It is as follows: Epidermis. ..."

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