|
|
Definition of Tectona
1. Noun. Small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Verbenaceae, Verbena Family, Verbenaceae, Vervain Family
Member holonyms: Teak, Tectona Grandis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tectona
Literary usage of Tectona
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Forests of Tectona grandis in East Java, iii. Woodland in Tropical East Africa.
Engler's description of the formations, ¡v. ..."
2. A Practical Flora for Schools and Colleges by Oliver Rivington Willis (1894)
"No. of genera, 59; species, 700; warm climates. Tectona ... Tectona, Lf Calyx
bell-shaped, short, 5-6-cleft, sharp, tube swollen below, and contracted near ..."
3. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera, Jerome Beers Thomas (1901)
"Stigma semi-globose. Fruit, 2 seeds covered by the pellicle of the ovary.
HABITAT.—Very common in the rice fields. Tectona grandis, L. NOM. VULG. ..."
4. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera, Jerome Beers Thomas (1901)
"Stigma semi-globose. Fruit, 2 seeds covered by the pellicle of the ovary.
HABITAT.—Very common in the rice fields. Tectona grandis, L. NOM. VULG. ..."
Other Resources:
