Definition of Canavalia

1. Noun. Herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Canavalia

Cananga
Cananga odorata
Canangium
Canara
Canarese
Canarian
Canarians
Canaries
Canarsie
Canary
Canary Island hare's foot fern
Canary Islander
Canary Islanders
Canary Islands
Canary wine
Canavalia
Canavalia ensiformis
Canavalia gladiata
Canavan's disease
Canavan's sclerosis
Canavan-van Bogaert-Bertrand disease
Canberra
Canberran
Canberrans
Cancer
Cancer borealis
Cancer irroratus
Cancer magister
Cancer the Crab
Cancerian

Literary usage of Canavalia

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

1. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"Illustrated by the Leguminous genera, Erythrina, canavalia, ... III HERE we have three genera of the Leguminosae, namely, Erythrina, canavalia, and Sophora, ..."

2. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"... subtropical species of canavalia yield edible seeds, the most important being C. ensiformis DC. and ... T-,. , ,- ,, (canavalia ensi- hour-glass cells, ..."

3. Punjab Plants: Comprising Botanical and Vernacular Names, and Uses of Most by John Lindsay Stewart (1869)
"canavalia GLADIATA. DC. Vernacular. sem. A kind of bean cultivated in gardens, for its unripe pod as well as its seed. CARAGANA PYGM.XA. DC. (VERSICOLOR. ..."

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