Definition of Brunfelsia

1. Noun. Genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits.

Exact synonyms: Genus Brunfelsia
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Solanaceae, Potato Family, Solanaceae
Member holonyms: Brunfelsia Americana, Lady-of-the-night

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brunfelsia

Brum
Brumaire
Brummagem
Brummell
Brummie
Brummies
Brummy
Brumpt's white mycetoma
Brunanburh
Brunei
Brunei Darussalam
Brunei dollar
Bruneian
Bruneians
Brunelleschi
Brunfelsia
Brunfelsia americana
Brunhild
Brunn
Brunn's membrane
Brunn reaction
Brunnhilde
Bruno
Bruno Walter
Brunonian
Brunonians
Bruns' nystagmus
Bruns ataxia
Brunswick

Literary usage of Brunfelsia

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

1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"Spear-leaved American brunfelsia. Nat. of the West Indies. Cult. 1735, by Mr. Ph. Miller. Mill. diet. ed. 3. Appendix. FI- June and July. S. \ . undulata. ..."

2. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"brunfelsia AMERICANA Sw. "Rain tree." Cultivated in the garden at Bassin. Jan. (Mrs. R. 41). Eggers Fl. 571. 849. brunfelsia AMERICANA ..."

3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"brunfelsia sp. (fig. 550). Hypocotyl woody, erect, terete, pubescent, soon becoming grey and throwing off the epidermis, about 1-8 cm. above the soil. ..."

4. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"Thus it appears that butterflies had recognized the true affinity of brunfelsia long before botanists did so." Dr. Müller likewise shows that the close ..."

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