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Definition of Entelea
1. Noun. A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Tiliaceae, Linden Family, Tiliaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Entelea
Literary usage of Entelea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Maori Race by Edward Tregear (1904)
"Some were of immense length; one example measured 2400 feet long by 30 feet deep.
They were all fitted with floats of buoyant wood (whau: Entelea ..."
2. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Entelea has the cotyledons nearly flat and the radicle inflexed or but slightly
bent; the embryo of Spar- mannia is plicate or nearly flat and straight; ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"The experiment was repeated several times with like success, as also with the
pedunculus of Entelea arborescens, R. Br. This phaenomenon is explained by the ..."
4. Maori Lore: The Traditions of the Maori People, with the More Important of by George Grey (1904)
"... (Sicyos angulatus), and the aute grew into the whau (Entelea arborescens),
and the para grew into the ..."
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