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Definition of Hibbertia
1. Noun. Evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar; Australasia; Polynesia.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Dilleniaceae, Family Dilleniaceae
Member holonyms: Guinea Flower, Guinea Gold Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hibbertia
Literary usage of Hibbertia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Greenouse Plants / by by Loundon (Jane) (1848)
"Hibbertia VOLUBILIS Andr. THE TWINING Hibbertia. SYNONYMES. ... and can only live
in a stove ; whereas Hibbertia volubilis is a native of New Holland, ..."
2. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1890)
"Hibbertia stricta. E. Brown. Grampians and Pyrenees. Hibbertia humifusa. F. v.
M. Grampians. ... B. Brown. Grampians, Serra, and Victorian Ranges. Hibbertia ..."
3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Hibbertia volubilis. Andrews's reposit. 126. Dillenia volubilis. ... Twining Hibbertia.
Nat. of New South Wales. Introd. 1790, by the Right Hon. ..."
4. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1822)
"The genus Hibbertia belongs to the natural order of ... Hibbertia dentata is a
climbing shrub and if planted in the border of a conservatory, to which it is ..."
5. South Australia: Its History, Resources, and Productions by William Harcus (1876)
"E. rivularis, Banks. Indigenous in Australia, 5 Genera. Hibbertia ... South Australia,
2 Genera. Extra-Tropical. Hibbertia stricta, R. Br. ..."