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Definition of Gesneriad
1. Noun. Any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia.
Generic synonyms: Ligneous Plant, Woody Plant
Definition of Gesneriad
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the family ''Gesneriaceae'' of tropical and subtropical flowering plants, valued as ornamentals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gesneriad
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gesneriad
Literary usage of Gesneriad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1908)
"... an epiphytic gesneriad, flashed like a spark in the gloom of the dense forest.
Exquisite pink and white balsams were very common and now and then a ..."
2. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1883)
"A stove gesneriad, probably scandent like its congeners, with thick tetragonal
stems, and large elliptic ovate loaves, ..."
3. Plant Inventory by Agricultural Research Center-West (U.S.), United States Division of Botany, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Northeastern Regi (1922)
"A fine gesneriad with sky-blue flowers, borne in terminal racemes of 3 to 22 or
more, about 1 inch In diameter and with a white and yellow throat. ..."
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