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Definition of Diervilla
1. Noun. Small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Caprifoliaceae, Family Caprifoliaceae, Honeysuckle Family
Member holonyms: Bush Honeysuckle, Diervilla Lonicera, Bush Honeysuckle, Diervilla Sessilifolia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diervilla
Literary usage of Diervilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Genus diervilla diervilla (named by Tournefort in honour of M. ... The structure
of the flowers is similar to that of diervilla, but the inflorescence is a ..."
2. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"diervilla. diervilla trifida. — Three-flowered Bush Honeysuckle. — This is a
pretty native shrub, from two to four feet high, with handsome opposite leaves, ..."
3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1890)
"... THE GENESIS OF LONICERA AND diervilla. By Prof. THOMAS MEEHAN, Germantown,
Philadelphia, Pa. ON THE POSITION OF THE NECTAR GLANDS IN ECHINOPS. By Prof. ..."
4. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"5. SYMPHORICARPOS. Corolla irregular, the limb more or less z-lipped. 6. LONICERA.
Fruit capsular.' 7. diervilla. 1. ..."
5. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1853)
"The one hitherto known as diervilla versicolor, Weigelia Japonica, and Weigelia
rosea, to be called diervilla Japonica. 3. ..."
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