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Definition of Plagianthus
1. Noun. Small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Plagianthus Betulinus, Plagianthus Regius, Ribbon Tree, Ribbonwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plagianthus
Literary usage of Plagianthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1833)
"Plagianthus divaricatus. Forst. Gen. t. 43. De Canil. Prodr. v. 1. 477. Spreng.
Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 81. DESCR. Л twiggy shrub, with dark brown and ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Tasmanian K.— Plagianthus sidoides, Hook., A'fll Malvacea. Others are Trema
aspera,R\\am NO ... 41 : "Currajong (Plagianthus ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"All species of Plagianthus and Hoheria are to the colonists Ribbonwood, especially
Plagianthus betulinus, A. Cunn., and Hoheria populnea, A. Cunn., ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1880)
"Plagianthus pulchellus. ... called Victorian hemp, which is considered suitable
for whip-cord, fishing-lines, nets, fine matting, and paper. Plagianthus ..."
5. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"The carpels vary from two to many, and in most cases are arranged in a whorl
around the torus. They are solitary in a few species of Plagianthus, ..."
6. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1833)
"Plagianthus divaricatus. Forst. Gen. t. 43. De Canil. Prodr. v. 1. 477. Spreng.
Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 81. DESCR. Л twiggy shrub, with dark brown and ..."
7. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Tasmanian K.— Plagianthus sidoides, Hook., A'fll Malvacea. Others are Trema
aspera,R\\am NO ... 41 : "Currajong (Plagianthus ..."
8. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"All species of Plagianthus and Hoheria are to the colonists Ribbonwood, especially
Plagianthus betulinus, A. Cunn., and Hoheria populnea, A. Cunn., ..."
9. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1880)
"Plagianthus pulchellus. ... called Victorian hemp, which is considered suitable
for whip-cord, fishing-lines, nets, fine matting, and paper. Plagianthus ..."
10. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"The carpels vary from two to many, and in most cases are arranged in a whorl
around the torus. They are solitary in a few species of Plagianthus, ..."
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