Lexic.us

Definition of Chilopsis linearis

1. Noun. Evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chilopsis Linearis

Literary usage of Chilopsis linearis

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

1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"METHODS Chilopsis linearis blooms profusely for a few weeks in the ... I observed floral visitors to Chilopsis linearis during the flowering season from May ..."

2. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1899)
"At Rincón, July 5, at flowers of Chilopsis linearis, I took a form with rufous femora. This same form, which may be named f. ..."

3. Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States: A Descriptive by Edgar Alexander Mearns (1907)
"... is a grove of ash trees, seven of which measure from 0.3 to 0.5 meter in diameter and from 15 to 20 meters (50 to 80 feet) in height. Chilopsis linearis ..."

4. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... there was no need for the introduction of a third name, Chilopsis linearis, DC. "So, again, an Indian Grass was first named and described by Willdenow ..."

5. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Page 272. For Arbutus Menziesii Hook, read Arbutus Menziesii Pursh. Page 281. Chilopsis linearis should be italicized, as a synonym. ..."

6. The Vegetation of a Desert Mountain Range as Conditioned by Climatic Factors by Forrest Shreve (1915)
"... several additional species of plants which also occur on the sandy flood-plains of the largest canons. Prominent among these are Chilopsis linearis, ..."

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