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Definition of Fremontia
1. Noun. Flannelbush.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: California Beauty, Flannel Bush, Flannelbush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fremontia
Literary usage of Fremontia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth, United States..Forest Service. (1908)
"Fremontia is desirable to avoid confusion. Usually a small tree from 10 to 20
feet high, with a short trunk from 3 to 6 inches through and an open crown of ..."
2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"... 20. fremontia, Torrey. 1. B. vermiculatus, Torrey. Erect and scraggy, 2 to 8
feet high, leafy, glabrous or the young twigs grayish puberulent ; branches ..."
3. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1907)
"Fremontia (Fig. 431), have no corolla, but the sepals in this case are petaloid.
The carpels are usually completely united, but in the Malvaceae the fruit ..."
4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Coville (Fremontia California! Tor., C. Californicum Baill.). California Slippery
Kim. Inner bark used for poultices, etc. 847. ..."
5. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1866)
"Fremontia CALIFORNIA Torrey. ... The Fremontia was originally discovered by Col.
Fremont, in his expedition to ..."
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