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Definition of Tabernaemontana
1. Noun. Evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Apocynaceae, Dogbane Family, Family Apocynaceae
Member holonyms: Adam's Apple, Coffee Rose, Crape Jasmine, Crepe Gardenia, Crepe Jasmine, East Indian Rosebay, Nero's Crown, Pinwheel Flower, Tabernaemontana Divaricate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tabernaemontana
Literary usage of Tabernaemontana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Citron-leaved tabernaemontana. Nat. of Jamaica. Cult. 1734, by Mr. Thomas Knowlton.
... Laurel- leaved tabernaemontana. fVa/. of the West Indies. Cult. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"... tabernaemontana Walt i. ... //Il _KN\'*IW^/^^ tabernaemontana ... v62' Aniso
n ¡a tabernaemontana Walt. Fl. Car. 98. 1788. ..."
3. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"... Narrow-leav'd tabernaemontana. Nat. of North America.' Introd. 1774, by ME.
James Gordon. Fl . May and June. H. If. CEROPEGIA. Gen. pl. 302. Contorta. ..."
4. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"Blanco's specific name is here adopted, because this is certainly the plant that
Blanco described under the name tabernaemontana elliptica. ..."
5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"tabernaemontana ARBORESCENS Perr. is a common tree species of this genus, fairly
distinct in the field, but very difficult to separate from the preceding on ..."
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