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Definition of Nephthytis
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Nephthytis.
Group relationships: Genus Nephthytis
Specialized synonyms: Nephthytis Afzelii
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephthytis
Literary usage of Nephthytis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Liberia by Harry Hamilton Johnston, Otto Stapf (1906)
"... The same may be said about the pretty aroid nephthytis constricta, which
closely resembles the nephthytis afzelii already recorded from Liberia. 235. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... nephthytis and Selagi- nellas. There is often a bare, unsightly space under
the benches that can be transformed into a tangle of tropical creepers by ..."
3. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1908)
"Besonders schön waren ua Philodendron gloriosum, nephthytis picturata (ob eine
Varietät von K. Afzelii? ..."
4. List of Published Names of Plants Introduced to Cultivation: 1876 to 1896 by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1900)
"... especially beneath, with short reddish hairs. Tropical America. nephthytis
liberica. (<?. c. 1881, xv. 790. ... nephthytis picturata. (о. с. 1887, i. ..."
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