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Definition of Aspidistra
1. Noun. Evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Aspidistra
Definition of Aspidistra
1. Noun. any of several Asian plants, of the genus ''Aspidistra'', having large leaves and small bell-shaped flowers; widely cultivated as a houseplant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aspidistra
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aspidistra
Literary usage of Aspidistra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"aspidistra ELATIOR (taller). Leaves large, oblong, Principal Species. leathery,
1J to 2 feet high. Introduced from Japan, 1835. A. LURIDA (lurid). ..."
2. Greenhouse Management: A Manual for Florists and Flower Lovers on the by Levi Rawson Taft (1898)
"... should be repotted each summer before growth begins, until they are in eight-inch
pots; after that, once in two or three years will answer. aspidistra ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The casual observer never suspects that aspidistra is a liliaceous plant. ...
The genus aspidistra is considered abnormal, as usually having its parts in ..."
4. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Joseph Decaisne, Emmanuel Le Maout (1876)
"FLOWERS $, solitary, spiked, rising out of the ground (aspidistra), or scape
terminated by a dense spike (Rho- dea, &c.). PERIANTH petaloid, valvate in ..."
5. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1904)
"This species was found by the author on aspidistra lurida (Harán) and on an orchid
in the Yokohama Nursery, Yokohama. A. Craw, San Francisco, ..."
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