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Definition of Raoulia
1. Noun. Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Raoulia Australis, Raoulia Lutescens, Sheep Plant, Vegetable Sheep
Definition of Raoulia
1. a large, white plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raoulia
Literary usage of Raoulia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Intellectual Observer (1867)
"Twelve species of raoulia have been discovered in New Zealand, where the plants are
... raoulia Australia, Hf. A small, moss-like, densely- tufted plant, ..."
2. Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. by George Bentham, Ferdinand von Mueller (1866)
"raoulia. with solitary, sessile or shortly pedunculate flower- Pappus plumose
from the base, ... raoulia. Flower-heads strictly dioecious 7«. ANTENNARIA. ..."
3. The Gallery of Marianne North's Paintings of Plants and Their Homes, Royal by William Botting Hemsley (1883)
"Behind the raoulia are some.fronds of the singular fern (Trichomanes reniforme,
Forst.), .which is peculiar to New Zealand. The prickly leaves hanging from ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"... exhibited specimens of two remarkable Alpine xerophytes from an altitude of
4000 feet on New Zealand mountains, known as vegetable-sheep, raoulia and ..."
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