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Definition of Nuytsia floribunda

1. Noun. A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuytsia Floribunda

Literary usage of Nuytsia floribunda

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

1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"... Miq. and nuytsia floribunda, R. Br. The breadth of the medullary rays varies even within the genus Loranthus, L. europaeus having very broad rays, ..."

2. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"This paper discusses the parasitism and root system of nuytsia floribunda which is found always close to banksia or eucalypts, mostly jarrah. ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"Note on nuytsia floribunda. In the government garden at Sidney is a single plant of Nuytsia, which flowers every year, but does not ripen many seeds. ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1859)
"... something resembling the nuytsia floribunda, but not gummy. It is formed by the natives into shields, anil near (be coast into canoes. ..."

5. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1833)
"... and nuytsia floribunda*, a plant hitherto referred to Loranthus, but sufficiently distinct in the texture and form of its fruit, and now named in memory ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1859)
"... and attains a diameter of 2 feet, with a height of 40 feet; the wood is light and spongy, something resembling the nuytsia floribunda, but not gummy. ..."

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