Definition of Menziesia

1. Noun. Deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Menziesia

Menticirrhus americanus
Menticirrhus littoralis
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Menticirrhus undulatus
Mentor
Mentzelia
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Mentzelia lindleyi
Mentzelia livicaulis
Menuhin
Menura
Menurae
Menuridae
Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata
Menziesia
Menziesia ferruginea
Menziesia pilosa
Mephaquine
Mephistophelean
Mephistopheles
Mephitinae
Mephitis
Mephitis macroura
Mephitis mephitis
Meprin
Meralgia paraesthetica
Merc
Mercalli scale
Mercator

Literary usage of Menziesia

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

1. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"menziesia furnishes several brilliant and elegant species and varieties. ... menziesia erecta, with something mongrel-like in its aspect, ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Alleghany menziesia. (Fig. 2752. Azalea pilosa Michx. in Lam. Journ. Nat. ... menziesia pilosa Pers. Syn. I:42o. 1805. menziesia globularis Salisb. Parad. ..."

3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1813)
"Land. 44. Hort. Kew. edit. alt. i>. 2. p. 360. The genus menziesia was ... under the name of menziesia globularis. Upon a careful examination of ..."

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