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Definition of Cordia
1. Noun. Tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Borage Family, Boraginaceae, Family Boraginaceae
Member holonyms: Cordia Alliodora, Cypre, Equador Laurel, Princewood, Salmwood, Spanish Elm, Cordia Gerascanthus, Princewood, Spanish Elm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordia
Literary usage of Cordia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"Eggers Fl. 550. Fruit edible, abundant, bright red, viscous. 791. Cordia ...
Cordia NITIDA Vahl. Dry, rocky places in forests. Signal Hill. Feb. (265). ..."
2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Cordia OBLONGIFOLIA, THW. A tree of Ceylon Central Province, ... It grows wild
in the Siwa- Cordia RETICULATA, syu. of Cordia ik up to 4000 feet. ..."
3. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"Cordia officinalis, Lam., syn. of Cordia myxa, L. Cordia ... Cordia tomentosa,
Wall., syn. of Cordia obliqua, Willd. Cordia vestita, //. ..."
4. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"Although Navarre was under the crown of Castile, the Con- cordia of 1553 was not
extended to it until 1665, by a royal ce"dula 1 See the case of Montalvo ..."
5. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses by James Sykes Gamble (1902)
"Cordia, Linn. Thirteen species, fairly evenly distributed over the country, some
of them having useful woods deserving of being better known and more in use ..."
6. La Plata, the Argentine Confederation and Paraguay: Being a Narrative of the by Thomas Jefferson Page (1859)
"Town of Con- cordia.—Trade.—Salto.—The Salto Grande.—Killing a Partridge.—Rise
of Water.—Tide.—Track Survey of the Rio Negro.—Town of Soriana.—Mercedes. ..."