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Definition of Lewisia rediviva
1. Noun. Showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower.
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Lewisia, Lewisia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lewisia Rediviva
Literary usage of Lewisia rediviva
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Floral Magazine: Comprising Figures and Descriptions of Popular Garden by Thomas Moore, Walter Hood Fitch (1873)
"lewisia rediviva. We had lately the pleasure of visiting the extensive nurseries
of Messrs. ... lewisia rediviva."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1889)
"lewisia rediviva, Pursh.—Analysis of the Root.—Henry Trimble has received some
roots of lewisia rediviva, Pursh, used as food by the Indians from the Rocky ..."
3. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"... lewisia rediviva and Lewisia Tweedyi. These are both Americans, and want sun
and drought and drainage, so that I might have expected difficulty with ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"lewisia rediviva Pursh, Fl. 368. July 1, 1806. At mouth of Traveller's Rest Creek
of L. & C., ie, of the Lou Lou Fork of the Bitter-root River, ..."
5. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1903)
"... the print of the forefoot is obscured by that of the hind. From Coal Measures,
Joggins, NS See p. 104. RESURRECTION PLANT. lewisia rediviva I'URSH—ORDER ..."
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