Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinguin
Literary usage of Pinguin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1872)
"ANTARCTIC pinguin, p. 389 ; Syn. 565 ; A. antárctica, Ind. 879 = A. ...
Latham's fifteenth species, the "Apterous pinguin," is the Ap- teryx australis. ..."
2. The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "Bacchante", 1879-1882 by Albert Victor, George (1886)
"This plant is called pinguin, and appears to be a sort of cross between pine-apple
and aloe. ... pinguin ..."
3. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"... Ac. The West India plant, which affords the pinguin fruit. ... A wine is made
from the pinguin, which is very intoxicating, and has a good flavour. ..."
4. A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in (1830)
"The pinguin species have the leaves very short and strong about the root, ...
A tuft of leaves growing above the fruit makes the pinguin look something like ..."
5. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"The cultivated species is the ananas ; the others are the pinguin, ... The pinguin
species have the leaves very short find strong about the root, ..."
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