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Definition of Prumnopitys elegans
1. Noun. South American evergreen tree or shrub.
Group relationships: Genus Prumnopitys, Prumnopitys
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prumnopitys Elegans
Literary usage of Prumnopitys elegans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indigenous Timbers of the Cape by David Ernest Hutchins (1903)
"I follow the Kew list in writing prumnopitys elegans, but the second name seems
preferable. Chili to Ecuador. (2) PODOCARPUS ARGOT^NIA. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"... the staminate solitary or clustered, about % in. long: fr. small, on a fleshy
receptacle. Australia. P. Andina, Poepp. {prumnopitys elegans, Phil. ..."
3. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"... and from this region also one more Victorian Conifer hails, the Prumnopitys
elegans, which may be called the Plum-bearing Yew, as it gives in iti native ..."
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