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Definition of Felicia
1. Noun. Genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Blue Daisy, Blue Marguerite, Felicia Amelloides, Felicia Bergeriana, Kingfisher Daisy
Definition of Felicia
1. Proper noun. (given name female from=Latin), feminine form of Felix. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Felicia
1. a South American herb [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felicia
Literary usage of Felicia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Saintly Women by Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar (1904)
"Felicia and her sister entered the convent of ST. URSULA, at Milan. ... Twenty-five
years after her profession Felicia was elected abbess. ..."
2. The Christian Examiner (1836)
"Songs of the Affections, with other Poems, By Felicia HEMANS. 12mo. Edinburgh.
1330. 4. The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia HEMANS : complete in one volume. ..."
3. In His Steps: "What Would Jesus Do?" by Charles Monroe Sheldon (1897)
""Tell Clara to go out," exclaimed Mrs. Sterling, as Felicia came up to the bed
and kneeled by it. Felicia was surprised, but she did as her mother bade her ..."
4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1835)
"142 Female Beauty, power of, - - 235 FLINT'S Sketches of American Literature, .....
272 Fragment, - ... 317 Felicia Hemans, by Mrs. SIGOURNEY, ..."
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