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Definition of Oleandra
1. Noun. Or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Oleandraceae, Oleandraceae
Member holonyms: Oleander Fern, Oleandra Mollis, Oleandra Neriiformis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oleandra
Literary usage of Oleandra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1862)
"35. t. 18. Aspidium articulatum, Siv. Syn. pp. 42 and 236. oleandra ...
oleandra mollis, Pr. O. pilosa, Hook, in Gen. Fil. t. 45 b. ..."
2. Transactions of the Botanical Society by Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1850)
"Notice of two new species of Ferns belonging to the genera oleandra and ...
THE genus oleandra of Cavanilles, adopted by Presl and now generally received ..."
3. Pathogenetic Outlines of Homœpathic Drugs by Carl Heinigke (1880)
"oleandra. (Laurel Rose.) Preparation.—Essence of the fresh leaves and percussion
potencies Duration of Action.—According to the size and repetition of the ..."
4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"oleandra colubrina (Blanco) Copel. This species extends as far as Java, from
which island ... There has been much confusion among older species of oleandra, ..."
5. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe, Alexander Francis Lydon, Benjamin Fawcett (1867)
"oleandra. CAVANILLES. AN extremely interesting small family, none of the species
of which are found in any except the best collections. ..."
6. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1866)
"The claims of oleandra to generic distinction repose on its habit, the disposition
of its sori, and its articulated stipes. But, so far as regards the two ..."
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