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Definition of Hibiscus trionum
1. Noun. Annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America.
Generic synonyms: Hibiscus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hibiscus Trionum
Literary usage of Hibiscus trionum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"hibiscus trionum L. Sp. PI. 697. 1753. Annual, depressed and branching from the
base, pubescent with spreading hairs. Leaves petioled, ovate or orbicular in ..."
2. Lawns and Gardens: How to Plant and Beautify the Home Lot, the Pleasure by Nils Jönsson-Rose (1897)
"... hibiscus trionum.—A pretty annual one or two feet high forming broad masses
of three-parted leaves and showy sulphur-yellow flowers with a maroon eye. ..."
3. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1885)
"Those of hibiscus trionum at least three daj-s after removal from the anther ...
to each ovule; hibiscus trionum,* 4803 grains of pollen to about 30 ovules. ..."
4. Gray's Botanical Textbook by Asa Gray, George Lincoln Goodale (1885)
"Those of hibiscus trionum at least three days after removal from the anther; ...
to each ovule; hibiscus trionum,* 4863 grains of pollen to about 30 ovules. ..."
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