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Definition of Pilea
1. Noun. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Urticaceae, Nettle Family, Urticaceae
Member holonyms: Clearweed, Dead Nettle, Pilea Pumilla, Richweed, Artillery Plant, Pilea Microphylla, Friendship Plant, Panamica, Panamiga, Pilea Involucrata
Definition of Pilea
1. pileum [n] - See also: pileum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pilea
Literary usage of Pilea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand Book of Practical Landscape Gardening: Designed for City and Suburban by Franklin Reuben Elliott (1885)
"... such us the Chinese Evergreen Honeysuckle, Ampelopsis Veitchii, German Ivy,
Vincas of varieties, pilea reptans, rose and lemon scented Geraniums, ..."
2. Principles of Physiological Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt (1904)
"In the lowest mammals, it is true, the growth of the vermis exceeds that of the
pilea ; but in the higher forms, the pilea grow out about it in all ..."
3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"The lower epidermis of the leaf in pilea serpyllifolia consists of water-storing
cells of great height and ... In certain species of pilea the body of the ..."
4. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"The first is our common pilea pumila. Dr. Weddell has overlooked the fact ...
where the plant was first published as a pilea, and although Dr. Torrey had ..."
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