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Definition of Nyctaginia

1. Noun. A caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nyctaginia

Literary usage of Nyctaginia

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

1. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: Made Under the by United States Department of the Interior, William Hemsley Emory, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charles Frederic Girard, Timothy Abbott Conrad, George Engelmann, James Hall, Charles Christopher Parry, Arthur Carl Victor Schott, John Torrey (1858)
"nyctaginia CAPITATA, Choisy, I. c. Western Texas and valley of the Eio Grande ... nyctaginia obtusa, Choisy, I. cp 429. Near Laredo^ lower Eio Grande, June; ..."

2. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin (1896)
"nyctaginia (Nyctaginea). ... anil nyctaginia see Aca Gray in ' American Naturalist,' Nov. ..."

3. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1902)
"Choisy, who had not seen any specimens of this species and who believed that it had distinct bracts, referred it to nyctaginia; but it is evidently ..."

4. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Washington, DO, Proc. Biol. Soc., 16. 1903, (19- 24). Separate. 23.3 cm. Two new plants from Mew Mexico, [nn. spp. of nyctaginia and ..."

5. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"Of Mirablis, though no species are credited to us, we have one or more in Texas, as well as the three species of nyctaginia, Choisy. ..."

6. The Survival of the Unlike: A Collection of Evolution Essays Suggested by by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1896)
"... in allusion to the four-o'clock-like or nyctaginia-like flowers. The plant appears to have been introduced into cultivation in l823. ..."

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