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Definition of Carpenteria
1. Noun. California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Hydrangea
Group relationships: Genus Carpenteria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpenteria
Literary usage of Carpenteria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant (1919)
"It was probably on Fremont's third expedition that carpenteria was first ...
The specimen was named Carpenteria californica in 1851, by John Torrey, ..."
2. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): Physical Features and Geology by Charles William Andrews (1900)
"A somewhat crushed specimen of Carpenteria occurs in a section of So. ...
This occurrence of Carpenteria in rocks as old as the Miocene is interesting ; and ..."
3. The Modern Asphalt Pavement by Clifford Richardson (1907)
"Carpenteria Sands.—One of the first bituminous sands to be worked in California
for the purpose of obtaining a pure bitumen was that known as the Las ..."
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