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Definition of Lunaria
1. Noun. Small genus of European herbs: honesty.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Honesty, Lunaria Annua, Money Plant, Satin Flower, Satinpod, Silver Dollar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunaria
Literary usage of Lunaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe (1864)
"... lunaria, is a native of Great ... Sprengel enumerates— B. lunaria, Swartz,
Europe. — australe, Brown, New Holland. ..."
2. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers ; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1859)
"Lunaria biennis. — Honesty is an old-fashioned plant, flowering the second year from
... Lunaria is from luna, the moon, in allusion to the broad, round, ..."
3. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"Italian, lunaria.—German and Dutch, a variety of names, most of which have ...
THE Italian name Lunaria, and the English name Moon- wort, were given to this ..."
4. Modern Russian Poetry by Babette Deutsch (1921)
"SONNET XV (From the Sonnet-cycle "Lunaria") Pure pearl of silence brooding on
the sky, Presider o'er conception, lamp of dreams, Altar of nightly spells, ..."
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