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Definition of Nolina
1. Noun. Perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Agavaceae, Agave Family, Family Agavaceae, Sisal Family
Member holonyms: Bear Grass, Nolina Microcarpa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nolina
Literary usage of Nolina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1908)
"An der soeben erwähnten nolina (dh an mehreren Pflanzen) hat der Betreffende ...
Die Wurzeln der beobachteten nolina-Exemplare starben nur infolge der ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"17 and 18) and nolina sp. ? from West Texas. The formation of grooves is directly
associated with the bracing of the epidermis with beams of mechanical ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"These new treatments are explained under nolina. The date palm reaches a height
of 100 feet, making a nearly straight, shaggy trunk, and it continues to ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"Beaucarnea glauca of the trade doubtless belongs in nolina. ... nolina recurvata,
which ia perhaps the most desirable species, has a striking appearance. ..."
5. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"... composed of Dasylirion and nolina ; and it is gratifying to find that the
outlying genus nolina, founded long ago on a single Georgian species, ..."
6. Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States: A Descriptive by Edgar Alexander Mearns (1907)
"nolina ... BIGELOW nolina. This species was found in all of the narrow desert
ranges from the Tule ..."
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