Definition of Boykinia

1. Noun. Genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Boykinia

Boxing Day
Boy Scout
Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Boyce
Boyce-Codd normal form
Boyd
Boyd communicating perforation veins
Boyden
Boyden's sphincter
Boyden chamber
Boyer
Boyer's bursa
Boyer's cyst
Boykinia
Boykinia elata
Boykinia occidentalis
Boyle
Boyle's law
Boyne
Boystown
Bozal
Bozals
Bozeman
Bozeman's position
Bozeman-Fritsch catheter
Bozzolo
Bozzolo's sign

Literary usage of Boykinia

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

1. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1896)
"190) adopts Nuttall's specific name, but describes boykinia occidentalis. ... The leaves of boykinia occidentalis are " thin—membranaceous ..."

2. California Redwood Park, Sometimes Called Sempervirens Park: An Appreciation by Arthur Adelbert Taylor (1912)
"Of all the flowers that fringe the stream none are more at home than the western boykinia (boykinia elata). The long slender stems clothed with rusty ..."

3. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"The boykinia aconitifolia, I may remark, would be a very desirable plant in cultivation, and might be expected to endure the winter of New York and ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1873)
"boykinia occidentalis and elata. Mitella nuda. ... (Itea spp.) (Hydrangea, many spp.) Astilbe Thunbergii and spp. (boykinia ..."

5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1873)
"boykinia aconitifolia. Mitella nuda. „ diphylla. Tiarella cordifolia. Penthorum sedoides. ... (Hydrangea, many spp.) Astilbe Thunbergii and spp. (boykinia ? ..."

6. The London Journal of Botany by William Jackson Hooker (1842)
"The boykinia aconitifolia, I may remark, would be a very desirable plant in cultivation, and might be expected to endure the winter of New York or ..."

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