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Definition of Cardinal flower
1. Noun. North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardinal Flower
Literary usage of Cardinal flower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1897)
"... The cardinal flower is crooning a song, And the swallows are southward flying,
Down here by the brook where I stroll along All notion of fading scorning ..."
2. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and by Philip Miller (1754)
"Ethiopian cardinal flower, with a violet ... liow Canady cardinal flower, ...
The lead cardinal flower of Crete, ..."
3. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"Most of the everlasting peas have large roots, and if left undisturbed improve
with age. Lobelia cardinalis, the cardinal flower 13 ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"cardinal flower. See LOBELIA. 1. There are actions which are forbidden by society
under penalties; in other words, men are punished for committing them. ..."
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