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Definition of Hovea
1. Noun. Any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hovea
Literary usage of Hovea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1843)
"hovea PUNGENS; var. MAJOR. ... probably attract more universal admiration than
those of any other colour,—the species of hovea are commonly favourites, ..."
2. The Annals of Horticulture (1849)
"The hovea was au exception. Why 1 Because they were in exciting soil, ... Such is
the habit of the hovea that it cannot be grown too slowly ; there must, ..."
3. Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Greenouse Plants / by by Loundon (Jane) (1848)
"The genus is named in honour of Hove, a Polish botanist. The form and colour of
the flowers are very nearly the same in all the species. 1—hovea CELSI Bonpl ..."
4. The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic Botany by George Beauchamp Knowles, Frederic Westcott (1838)
"Mr. Mangles' hovea. Bot. Reg. NS t. 02. This is a pretty species of hovea, bearing
purplish flowers, and nearly allied to H. lanceolate, but from which it ..."
5. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"L.inear-leaved hovea. Nat, of New South Wales. Introd, about 1796, by George
Hibbert, Esq. Fl. most part of the Summer. GH \j . ..."
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