Definition of Moutans

1. moutan [n] - See also: moutan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moutans

moustache cup
moustached
moustached warbler
moustacheless
moustachelike
moustaches
moustachio
moustachio'd
moustachioed
moustachios
mousted
mousting
mousts
mousy
moutan
moutans (current term)
mouter
moutered
mouterer
mouterers
moutering
mouters
mouth
mouth-breather
mouth-breathers
mouth-footed
mouth-made
mouth-part
mouth-parts
mouth-to-mouth

Literary usage of Moutans

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

1. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1857)
"... persons desirous of obtaining this plant ought to take care to get the sort now produced.—{Card. Chron. 1857, p. 255.) GRAFTING moutans, (Tree ..."

2. Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working by Gertrude Jekyll (1904)
"... Difficulty of choosing—Hardy Azaleas—Grouping flowers that bloom together—Guelder-rose as climber—The garden-wall door—The Paeony garden—moutans— ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1858)
"Still the Chinese reports of moutans of various colors were treated with ... moutans. At last, but not till even his patience had experienced some trial and ..."

4. Paxton's Flower Garden by Sir Joseph Paxton, John Lindley, Thomas Baines (1882)
"... whieh exist among the moutans alone. "The outer petals when fully blown are a ... moutans would only gain after many years, in even favourable elimates. ..."

5. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1857)
"When Mr. Fortune visited China on the service of the Horticultural Society, the acquisition of new moutans was one of the first objects to which he attended ..."

6. Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a by Robert Fortune (1847)
"... the moutans arrived, and proved most valuable kinds, which, in England, would have brought a very high sum. Amongst them there were lilacs and purples; ..."

7. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"The moutans are yearly brought down from the north to Canton, where they flower shortly afterwards, and are then discarded as useless, as the climate of the ..."

8. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1857)
"... persons desirous of obtaining this plant ought to take care to get the sort now produced.—{Card. Chron. 1857, p. 255.) GRAFTING moutans, (Tree ..."

9. Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working by Gertrude Jekyll (1904)
"... Difficulty of choosing—Hardy Azaleas—Grouping flowers that bloom together—Guelder-rose as climber—The garden-wall door—The Paeony garden—moutans— ..."

10. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1858)
"Still the Chinese reports of moutans of various colors were treated with ... moutans. At last, but not till even his patience had experienced some trial and ..."

11. Paxton's Flower Garden by Sir Joseph Paxton, John Lindley, Thomas Baines (1882)
"... whieh exist among the moutans alone. "The outer petals when fully blown are a ... moutans would only gain after many years, in even favourable elimates. ..."

12. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1857)
"When Mr. Fortune visited China on the service of the Horticultural Society, the acquisition of new moutans was one of the first objects to which he attended ..."

13. Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a by Robert Fortune (1847)
"... the moutans arrived, and proved most valuable kinds, which, in England, would have brought a very high sum. Amongst them there were lilacs and purples; ..."

14. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"The moutans are yearly brought down from the north to Canton, where they flower shortly afterwards, and are then discarded as useless, as the climate of the ..."

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