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Definition of Idesia polycarpa
1. Noun. Deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idesia Polycarpa
Literary usage of Idesia polycarpa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"Idesia polycarpa. (Idesia. No. 21.) If you enter at the East One Hundred and
Sixth Street Gate, and proceed west to the third fork of the Walk, ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1895)
"Idesia polycarpa is a Japanese tree of considerable stature in its native country.
In England it does not appear to be long-lived, but it is worth growing ..."
3. Outlines of Forestry: Or, The Elementary Principles Underlying the Science by Edwin James Houston (1893)
"Idesia polycarpa. WALNUT. Juglans cinerea, or Butternut. " regia, or English
Walnut, or Madeira Nut,—south of Philadelphia. TULIP-TREE. ..."
4. A naturalist in western China: with vasculum, camera, and gun; being some by Ernest Henry Wilson, Charles Sprague Sargent (1913)
"... li the road led through fields of rice, bounded by wooded knolls and sandstone
bluffs. The flora was of little interest; Idesia polycarpa and Kalopanax ..."
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