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Definition of Tetragonia
1. Noun. New Zealand spinach.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aizoaceae, Carpetweed Family, Family Aizoaceae, Family Tetragoniaceae, Tetragoniaceae
Member holonyms: New Zealand Spinach, Tetragonia Expansa, Tetragonia Tetragonioides
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetragonia
Literary usage of Tetragonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Tetragonia expansa. Ait. (fig. 403). Ovary inferior, of many carpels, ...
Tetragonia expansa, x 4 A, seedling from a seed that had been removed from the ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Shrubby Tetragonia. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. •Cult. ... Tetragonia herbacea.
5/>. pl. 687. Herbaceous Tetragonia. Afo/. of the Cape of Good Hope. ..."
3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Shrubby Tetragonia. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope« Cult. 17 t 2, by Bishop Compton.
Philosoph. transact, n. 333. p. 422. n. 78. Fl. July — September. ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"Tetragonia'CE^:, a natural order of plants, placed by Lindley in his ...
It includes the genera Tetragonia, Aizoon, ..."
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