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Definition of Parkia
1. Noun. Genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta trees.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Mimosoideae, Subfamily Mimosoideae
Member holonyms: Nitta Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parkia
Literary usage of Parkia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"On the S««ds of Parkia Africana R. Br. and Daua-Daua Cheese Prepared from ...
Daua fat 6s 0(25°) s6 5(40°) 31.7 187.2 889 33 93.5 Parkia seeds fat 67.2 JS. ..."
2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"The negroes in Soudan and other parts of Africa prepare from the seeds and other
parts of Parkia ... Soudan Coffee (Parkia Africans). ..."
3. The Memories of Sir Llewelyn Turner: Memories Serious and Light of the Irish by Llewelyn Turner, J. E. Vincent (1903)
"... English Channel—Pluck of a sloop's mate—An amateur doctor—Father becomes Mr.
Assheton Smith's partner—The building of Parkia—Famine in Llanberis—Irish ..."
4. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Parkia, a genus of plants belonging to the natural order ... Parkia AFRICANA is
the Nitta or Doura- tre; of Soudan. ..."
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