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Definition of Dimorphotheca
1. Noun. South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Cape Marigold, Star Of The Veldt, Sun Marigold
Definition of Dimorphotheca
1. Noun. Any of several composite plants, of the genus ''Dimorphotheca''; the cape marigolds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimorphotheca
Literary usage of Dimorphotheca
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)
"The principal species is dimorphotheca pluvialis, the Cape Marigold, an annual,
growing to a height of about a foot, with weak stems, narrow leaves and ..."
2. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"The name of dimorphotheca is Greek, and signifies two forms in one sheath. ...
dimorphotheca HYBRIDA, Dec. THE HYBRID CAPE MARIGOLD. SYNONYMES. ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... dimorphotheca (Greek, tico-formed achenes). Composite. CAPE MARIGOLD. Annual and
perennial herbs or .... dimorphotheca«uran- VENUS FbY-TRAP. ..."
4. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1900)
"... we must decide ex parte majore, else the matter loses its clearness and becomes
confused. The case is the same in Calendula and § dimorphotheca, ..."
5. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1861)
"GRASSY- LEAVED dimorphotheca. (Compositae.) Cape of Good Hope. A greenhouse plant;
growing a foot high; with white dowers; appearing IB spring; increased by ..."
6. How Plants are Trained to Work for Man by Luther Burbank (1921)
"This so-called African daisy (dimorphotheca), how ever, ... It will be recalled
that there is a closely allied species of dimorphotheca from the same region ..."
7. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"Flowers from June to August, dimorphotheca deep yellow, clustered on a tall stem.
... dimorphotheca (CAPE MARIGOLD).—A genus containing about 20 species of ..."
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