Lexic.us

Definition of Phaseolus multiflorus

1. Noun. Tropical American bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phaseolus Multiflorus

Literary usage of Phaseolus multiflorus

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

1. Practical Plant Physiology: An Introduction to Original Research for by Wilhelm Detmer, S. A. (Samuel Albert) Moor (1898)
"Germination of the Seeds of Phaseolus multiflorus. A very favourable object for the study of a series of metabolic processes, and also of many phenomena ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"Phaseolus multiflorus (greenhouse cultures) Four plants of Phaseolus multiflorus were subjected to tension for two weeks. These plants were cultivated in ..."

3. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1882)
"in Phaseolus multiflorus and Zea Mais at 9-4° C.; in Cucurbita Pepo at I3'7°C. But when the reserve-materials of the seed have been consumed, ..."

4. Annual Report (1910)
"Phaseolus multiflorus, WILLD.' (THE RUNNERS) This type of bean, of which the Scarlet Runner or Painted Lady is the most familiar example, is grown largely ..."

5. The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1900)
"Some Phaseolus multiflorus : tracks left beans were allowed to germinate on bare sand, and after one had downwards. protruded its radicle to a length of -2 ..."

6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (1914)
"... Pisum sativum, Zea Mays and Phaseolus multiflorus were used for experimentation. The seeds were soaked for twenty-four hours in water, and then planted ..."

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