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Definition of Lavatera
1. Noun. Widespread genus of herbs or softwood arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Lavatera Arborea, Tree Mallow, Velvet-leaf, Velvetleaf
Definition of Lavatera
1. any plant of the lavatera genus [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavatera
Literary usage of Lavatera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Lavatera. Bractlets 3 to 6, united at base. Axis of the fruit dilated above and
exceeding 2. Malva. Bractlets 3, distinct. Axis broad, shorter than the ..."
2. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"... in his Flore du Nord de France, says that the cx-capucins cultivate the Lavatera
in their gardens, for the sake of the stalks, with the peel of which ..."
3. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1856)
"A yellow flower, from California, somewhat in the style of a small Sun-flower ;
not likely to become very popular. Lavatera. ..."
4. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"The bulky foliage has proved valuable for fodder, and so has that of Lavatera
plebeja (Sims). Lawsonia alba, Lamarck. ..."
5. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1900)
"... Spindle in the Pollen-Mother-Cells of Lavatera BY EDITH SUMNER BYXBEE WITH
FOUR PLATES Issued October 31, ¡goo SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHED BY THE ACADEMY ..."
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