Lexic.us

Definition of Sanvitalia

1. Noun. Small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanvitalia

Literary usage of Sanvitalia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1866)
"sanvitalia PROCUMBENS PLENO. BY THE EDITOR. sanvitalia procumbens is an old plant, introduced to England more than fifty years ago, and has been extensively ..."

2. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"Merida, at the Quinta del Obispo, Nov. 15, 1864 (Sc/wtt, £/). sanvitalia PROCUMBENS Lam., Jour. His. Nat. Par., ii., 176. ..."

3. The Gardeners' Dictionary: Describing the Plants, Fruits and Vegetables by George W. Johnson (1877)
"Allied to sanvitalia.) Yellow-flowered, Mexican plants. Annuals, by •eeds in the open ... sanvitalia ..."

4. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: Made Under the by United States Department of the Interior, William Hemsley Emory, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charles Frederic Girard, Timothy Abbott Conrad, George Engelmann, James Hall, Charles Christopher Parry, Arthur Carl Victor Schott, John Torrey (1858)
"It has been introduced into the gardens from seeds gathered by Dr. Parry, and is a very showy plant. sanvitalia ABERTI, Gray, Pl . Fendl. p. 87. ..."

5. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1866)
"sanvitalia PROCUMBENS PLENO. BY THE EDITOR. sanvitalia procumbens is an old plant, introduced to England more than fifty years ago, and has been extensively ..."

6. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"Merida, at the Quinta del Obispo, Nov. 15, 1864 (Sc/wtt, £/). sanvitalia PROCUMBENS Lam., Jour. His. Nat. Par., ii., 176. ..."

7. The Gardeners' Dictionary: Describing the Plants, Fruits and Vegetables by George W. Johnson (1877)
"Allied to sanvitalia.) Yellow-flowered, Mexican plants. Annuals, by •eeds in the open ... sanvitalia ..."

8. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: Made Under the by United States Department of the Interior, William Hemsley Emory, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Charles Frederic Girard, Timothy Abbott Conrad, George Engelmann, James Hall, Charles Christopher Parry, Arthur Carl Victor Schott, John Torrey (1858)
"It has been introduced into the gardens from seeds gathered by Dr. Parry, and is a very showy plant. sanvitalia ABERTI, Gray, Pl . Fendl. p. 87. ..."

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