Definition of Templetonia retusa

1. Noun. Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers.

Exact synonyms: Coral Bush, Flame Bush
Group relationships: Genus Templetonia, Templetonia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Templetonia Retusa

Temnospondyli
Tempe
Tempean
Temperance
Temperate Zone
Templar
Templars
Temple Mount
Temple in Jerusalem
Temple of Apollo
Temple of Artemis
Temple of Heaven
Temple of Jerusalem
Temple of Solomon
Templetonia
Templetonia retusa (current term)
Tempra
Temuco
Ten Commandments
Tenda
Tenebrae
Tenebrionidae
Tenebrist
Tenerife
Teng Hsiao-ping
Teng Hsiaoping
Tengmalm's owl
Tengmalm's owls
Tenn.
Tennessean

Literary usage of Templetonia retusa

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: In which the Most by John Sims (1822)
"TEMPLETONIA retusa. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 269. Bot. Reg. 383. ... TEMPLETONIA retusa and glauca (supra No. 2088,) are so nearly related, as to render it ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The CORAL Brsn of Australia, Templetonia retusa. is a tall shrub with showy scar-let fin. 1—134 in. long. The flower presents a very different appearance ..."

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