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Definition of Rivina
1. Noun. Small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Phytolaccaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Pokeweed Family
Member holonyms: Blood Berry, Bloodberry, Rivina Humilis, Rouge Plant, Rougeberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivina
Literary usage of Rivina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1822)
"The berries are of the same colour with those of rivina humilis and possess
probably the same qualities. We wish some one who cultivates these plants would ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1810)
"Downy rivina. Nat. of the West Indies. Cult, before 1699, in Chelsea Garden. ...
rivina sarmentosa. Brown jam. 149. t. 23. f. 2. Climbing rivina. ..."
3. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Climbing rivina. Nat. of the Weft Indies. Cult, before 1752, by Mr. Philip Miller.
Mili . ditt. edit. 6. n. 1. Fl . S. 1i. ..."
4. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"rivina humilis. Sp. pl. 177. Downy rivina. Nat. of the Weft Indies. ... lavis,
rivina la-vis. Linn. mant. 41, 512. ..."
5. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1902)
"Jedenfalls aber ist rivina humilis eine Pflanze, die sowohl der ... Sind sie
genügend erstarkt, dann pflanzt man die rivina in kleine ..."
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