Definition of Coprosma

1. a type of shrub [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coprosma

coprophils
coprophobia
coprophrasia
coprophyte
coprophytes
coproplanesia
coproporphyria
coproporphyrinogen
coproporphyrinogen oxidase
coproporphyrinogens
coproprietor
coproprietors
coprosma (current term)
coprosmas
coprosperities
coprosperity
coprostane
coprostanol
coprostanone
coprostasis
coprostenol
coprosterin
coprosterol
coprostigmastane
coprozoa
coprozoic

Literary usage of Coprosma

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

1. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"It is distinguished from the other species of coprosma in the numerous flowers, ... coprosma pubens var. Kauaiensis Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. TV. ..."

2. Enumeration of Hawaiian Plants by Horace Mann (1867)
"coprosma FOLIOSA, Gray, 1. ó. p. 48. (M. & B. 531, 609 ; Remy, ... coprosma PUBENS, Gray, 1. cp 49. (M. & B. 561.) 164. coprosma MENZIESII, Gray, 1. cp 49. ..."

3. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"It contrasts well with our rough-leaved kinds. The genus comprises over thirty species, mostly natives of New Zealand and other Pacific Islands. coprosma ..."

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