Definition of Jacksonia

1. Noun. Genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches.

Exact synonyms: Genus Jacksonia
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacksonia

Jackie Howes
Jackie Robinson
Jacklyn
Jacko
Jacks
Jacks in the pulpit
Jackson
Jackson's law
Jackson's membrane
Jackson's rule
Jackson's sign
Jackson's veil
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollocked
Jacksonesque
Jacksonia (current term)
Jacksonian
Jacksonian seizure
Jacksonian seizures
Jacksonians
Jacksonville
Jacky
Jacky Hanger
Jacky Hangers
Jacky Hangman
Jacky Hangmen
Jacky Howe
Jacky Howes
Jaclyn
Jacob

Literary usage of Jacksonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"The interspaces in the spiral ornamentation of Î". jacksonia are wider than on C. cetaria. Such a character cannot be relied on when dealing with worn ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1886)
"... and Jacksonia have been seen by me in the live state ; their colour is light brownish yellow, but varies apparently according to the size or age of the ..."

3. A Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists by James Britten, George Simonds Boulger (1893)
"Linn. Soc. x. 358. Contributed to Eng. Bot. 1251, 2459. Eees (under Jacksonia) ; ESC iii. 509 ; Journ. Bot. 1886, 137. Jacksonia ..."

4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"20): " A second creek, with running water, which from the number of dogwood shrubs (Jacksonia), in the full glory of their golden blossoms, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Jacksonia on Dictionary.com!Search for Jacksonia on Thesaurus.com!Search for Jacksonia on Google!Search for Jacksonia on Wikipedia!

Search