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Definition of Solanum wendlandii

1. Noun. Vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solanum Wendlandii

Literary usage of Solanum wendlandii

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Solanum wendlandii is one of the best and showiest vines. ... Of this list Solanum Wendlandii is probably the most tender, with the bougainvilleas a close ..."

2. Gardening in California, Landscape and Flower: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1914)
"SOLANUM The Solanum wendlandii is one of the best of the climbers, no one of its color giving so good results when it has been put in a suitable place, ..."

3. Vines and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Climbing Plants for Flower, Foliage by William C. McCollom (1911)
"A vast improvement on the potato vine is found in Solanum wendlandii, which is a more vigorous grower, able to attain a height of fifty feet. ..."

4. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"To Solanum wendlandii (votes, unanimous), from the Royal Gardens, Kew. A most beautiful, free-flowering, and vigorous stove climber, carrying immense ..."

5. Flower Grouping in English, Scotch & Irish Gardens by Margaret H. Waterfield (1907)
"... or the lovely Solanum wendlandii, with its bunches of large mauve flowers. This latter is a fast grower, and can be very quickly raised from seed. ..."

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