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Definition of Sloanea
1. Noun. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Elaeocarpaceae, Elaeocarpus Family, Family Elaeocarpaceae
Member holonyms: Break-axe, Breakax, Breakaxe, Sloanea Jamaicensis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloanea
Literary usage of Sloanea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Icones Plantarum: Or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1844)
"I have ventured to place this fine plant in the genus sloanea, as indeed hinted
at by ... My specimens of sloanea dentata exhibit anthers opening by pores, ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Chesnut-leaved sloanea. Nat. of South America. Cult, before 1752, by Mr. Ph.
Miller. Mill. $ict. ed. 6. Castanea 5. Fl. S. !j. ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... 60 species and sloanea 44 species. The family is closely related to the ...
The seeds of sloanea dentata of Guiana are eaten like chestnuts. ..."
4. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"sloanea emarginata of Linnaeus was based wholly upon this plate 87 of ...
Its synonymy is as follows: MIMUSOPS EMARGINATA (L.) sloanea emarginata L. Sp. PI. ..."
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