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Definition of Lyonia
1. Noun. Evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Lyonia Mariana, Stagger Bush, Staggerbush, He-huckleberry, Lyonia Ligustrina, Male Berry, Maleberry, Privet Andromeda, Fetter Bush, Fetterbush, Lyonia Lucida, Shiny Lyonia
Definition of Lyonia
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Lyonia'' of staggerbushes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lyonia
Literary usage of Lyonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"lyonia, Andromeda, OF AUTHORS. Derivations. This genus was named lyonia, in
commemoration of Mr. John Lyon, an indefatigable English collector of North ..."
2. The Annals of Horticulture (1848)
"In a wild state it grows from forty to sixty feet high. lyonia ... It flowers in
May and June. A native of Virginia and Carolina. lyonia ..."
3. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1886)
"lyonia, Nutt. Gen. i. 2G6 ; Beuth. & Hook. Gen. ii. 587. ... lyonia arbórea, Don, 1.
c. — Rich woods, Penn., Ohio, and along the ..."
4. Botany of the Southern States by John Darby (1860)
"A. (Walt) (lyonia ferruginea, Nutt.) A shrub, with flexuous branches. ... (lyonia
rígida, Nutt) A small tree, with rigid branches. ..."
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