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Definition of Dillenia
1. Noun. Any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dillenia
Literary usage of Dillenia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by William Curtis (1799)
"Rheede Hort. Malab. torn. Hi. p. 39. t. 38- 39- The name of dillenia was given
by LINN^US to this genus of plants, in honour of JOHN' JAMES DILLENIUS, ..."
2. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1791)
"The Botanical Hi/lory of the Genus dillenia, 'with an Addition of ... indagare mihi
contigit, fie ut fex fint, quse fub dillenia^ ..."
3. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1906)
"dillenia Linn. 1. D. philippinensis Rolfe Journ. Linn. Кос. Bot. 21 (1884) 307.
( 1259 Borden ) June. In forests at 200 in., widely distributed in the ..."
4. Comparative Electro-physiology: A Physico-physiological Study by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1907)
"... and carpel of dillenia indica or pitcher of Nepenthe—Electrical response to
transmitted excitation — Response to direct ..."
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