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Definition of Firmiana
1. Noun. Small genus of Asian trees or shrubs.
Exact synonyms: Genus Firmiana
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Chinese Parasol, Chinese Parasol Tree, Firmiana Simplex, Japanese Varnish Tree, Phoenix Tree
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Chinese Parasol, Chinese Parasol Tree, Firmiana Simplex, Japanese Varnish Tree, Phoenix Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firmiana
Literary usage of Firmiana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"MRS. DEVEREUX. Three specimens from Maine, fifty specimens from North Carolina.
MRS. JOSEPH Fox. firmiana ..."
2. Star-names and Their Meanings by Richard Hinckley Allen (1899)
"... in honor of the persecuting bishop of Salzburg, of the Firmian family, the
figuring is that of the Corona firmiana, with a stag's antlers from the coat ..."
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