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Definition of Brugmansia
1. Noun. Includes some plants often placed in the genus Datura: angel's trumpets.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Solanaceae, Potato Family, Solanaceae
Member holonyms: Angel's Trumpet, Brugmansia Arborea, Datura Arborea, Maikoa, Angel's Trumpet, Brugmansia Suaveolens, Datura Suaveolens
Definition of Brugmansia
1. Proper noun. a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, native to subtropical regions of South America. They are known as angel's trumpets, sharing that name with the closely related genus Datura. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brugmansia
Literary usage of Brugmansia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1856)
"As I learned from experience that brugmansia will not stand our winters without
protection, ever since it was planted in the open ground I each year, ..."
2. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"—brugmansia.—Visit to the Governor.—Projected Visit to Norfolk Island.— Meetings
on Ship-board.—S. Marsden.—New Year's Day.—Shrubs.—" Brick- fielder. ..."
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