Definition of Heritiera littoralis

1. Noun. Small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath.

Exact synonyms: Looking-glass Plant
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heritiera Littoralis

Herculæan
Hercynian
Hereford
Hereford and Worcester
Herefords
Herefordshire
Herelle
Herellea
Herero
Hereward
Hering's sinus nerve
Hering's theory of colour vision
Hering-Breuer reflex
Heritiera
Heritiera littoralis
Heritiera macrophylla
Heritiera trifoliolata
Herkimer
Herlitz
Herlitz syndrome
Herm
Herman
Herman Hollerith
Herman Melville
Herman Northrop Frye
Herman Wouk
Hermann
Hermann's fixative
Hermann Goering

Literary usage of Heritiera littoralis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Monograph on Kola by Julius Otto Schlotterbeck, John Vietch Shoemaker (1894)
"heritiera littoralis, Aiton—Sterculiaceae. The fruit of this tree could not possibly be mistaken for that of Kola. (See Fij^. lti. ..."

2. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"Hibiscus tiliaceus, heritiera littoralis, ... of the plants placed in the intermediate formation, such as heritiera littoralis, Entada scandens, ..."

3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"(2) in the pith, but not in thé cortex : heritiera littoralis ... to Doussot also in heritiera littoralis (in contradistinction to H. macrophylla). ..."

4. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"[Concerning heritiera littoralis Ait.] Bull. Sei. Pharm. 23: 15-22. PI. ... Kola nuts are frequently adulterated with the seeds of heritiera littoralis, ..."

5. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"The East Indian name, "looking-glass tree," comes from the silver-like appearance of the lower surface of the leaves. REFERENCES: heritiera littoralis ..."

6. The Solomon Islands and Their Natives by Henry Brougham Guppy (1887)
"... heritiera littoralis and others.1 The foregoing seeds and seed-vessels with many others may be observed washed up by the waves on the surface of the ..."

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