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Definition of Decumaria
1. Noun. Small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Hydrangeaceae, Hydrangea Family, Hydrangeaceae
Member holonyms: Decumaria Barbara, Decumaria Barbata, Decumary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decumaria
Literary usage of Decumaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glimpses of the Cosmos by Lester Frank Ward (1913)
"Decumaria barbara History.—Written July 1, 1882. I should have said that as our
previous visit to the Dismal Swamp was made before the middle of May the ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Decumaria barbara L. Sp. Pl. Ed. 2, 1663. 1763. Glabrous, or the shoots pubescent,
climbing by aerial rootlets to a height of several feet . ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"The only place in which we have seen a vigorous growing plant of : Decumaria is
in the garden of the Rev 679 Thomas Gamier, at Bishop Stoke, in Hampshire, ..."
4. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Decumaria. Willden. sp. pi. 2. p. 850. .Cose. in actes de la sac. d'hist. nat.
de paris, p. 76.1.13. ... Climbing Decumaria. Nat. of Carolina. Introd. ..."
5. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Climbing Decumaria. Ak/. of Carolina. Introd. 1785, by Baron Hake. Fl . " S. fc.
LAGERSTR QE MI A. Gen.pl. 667. /*(7/. ..."
6. North American Flora by New York Botanical Garden (1905)
"Decumaria L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 1663. 1763. Vines climbing by means of aerial rootlets,
... Decumaria sarmentosa Bosc, Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 1: 76. 1792. ..."
7. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Flowers whit«; end of May, June. Shrub I to ti lit! high : common. Type locality: "Hab.
in Virginia." Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. Decumaria L. Sp. PI. ed. ..."
8. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1864)
"But we seem further to have a form intermediate between Philadelphus and Deutzia,
in Decumaria, which is described as having thrice as many stamens as ..."
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