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Definition of Pereskia aculeata
1. Noun. West Indian woody climber with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits.
Terms within: Barbados Gooseberry, Blade Apple
Group relationships: Genus Peireskia, Genus Pereskia, Peireskia, Pereskia
Generic synonyms: Vine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pereskia Aculeata
Literary usage of Pereskia aculeata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1838)
"Having prepared a quantity of stocks of pereskia aculeata, which have been
previously divested of all their branches, and have attained the height of ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1856)
"One specimen of pereskia aculeata, nine feet high, which was grafted two years
ago with E. truncatum, the grafts being inserted three inches apart, ..."
3. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1838)
"Having prepared a quantity of stocks of pereskia aculeata, which have been
previously divested of all their branches, and have attained the height of ..."
4. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1857)
"The method of grafting them on Pereskia, aculeata is this: cut the head of the
stock off from six inches to two feet, as preferred for the height, ..."
5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"A sped» of Pereskia (aculeata) afforded a slenderer stem for grafting it on than
another cactus, ¡ and was adopted as more sightly, ..."
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