Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribworts
Literary usage of Ribworts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"The ribworts liave flat, ribbed or taper, fleshy leaves; flowers borne hi ...
The affinities of the ribworts with other orders are very obscure and are the ..."
2. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"... that blossom are ready to supply it, and are withered before that pollen can
be supplied. Plantains or ribworts (mostly wind-fertilized) are strikingly ..."
3. Class-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1890)
"... (ribworts or plantains) ; Labiatae (plants with labiate flowers, such as mint,
sage, lavender) ; Oleaceae (olives) ..."
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