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Definition of Nicandra physaloides
1. Noun. Coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Nicandra, Nicandra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nicandra Physaloides
Literary usage of Nicandra physaloides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Francis Wall Oliver, Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"Solanaceous plants are very noticeable in this respect, especially Nicandra
physaloides, and the Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna). ..."
2. The Phantom Bouquet: A Popular Treatise on the Art of Skeletonizing Leaves by Edward Parrish (1863)
"POPPY—the Levant heads, and cultivated garden-poppies. MALLOWS—several common
species. NICANDRA—nicandra physaloides. PHYSALIS—ground-cherry, Physalis ..."
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