Definition of Commelina

1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Commelina.

Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Commelina

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commelina

commatic
commatism
commaund
commaundest
commaundeth
commaundment
commaunds
comme ci comme ça
comme il faut
commeasurable
commeasure
commeasured
commeasures
commeasuring
commedia dell'arte
commelina (current term)
commemorabilia
commemorable
commemorate
commemorated
commemorates
commemorating
commemoration
commemorations
commemorative
commemorative sign
commemoratively
commemoratives
commemorator
commemorators

Literary usage of Commelina

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

1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"commelina erecta i,- SLENDER DAY-FLOWER. (Man. p. 240 ; IF /. poS.) In moist soil, Pa. to Fla., Tex., and in tropical Am.— Pennsylvania : LANCASTER. 5. ..."

2. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"From L. Juss. and Lour. 1. Petals 2, L, 1. commelina ... Leaves lanceolate. Flowers alternately spicate. From commelina tuberosa. Lour. i. 50. ..."

3. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania by University of Pennsylvania Botanical Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Botanical Laboratory (1907)
"Notes on the Seedling of commelina Communis L. (WITH PL A TES IV, V.) BY MARTHA ... This plant, popularly known as commelina virginica L., answers Britton's ..."

4. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1856)
"Sky-blue commelina. — Tender annual, or perennial if the roots are taken up and housed. The splendid blue flowers of this plant cannot be excelled, ..."

5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"Dorsal cavity of the capsule indehiscent. 1. commelina ... commelina agraria Kunth. Enum. 4:38. 1843. Glabrous or very nearly so throughout, ..."

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