Definition of Bowiea

1. Noun. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Bowiea
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Bowiea Volubilis, Climbing Onion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowiea

Bowden cable
Bowden cables
Bowditch
Bowditch's law
Bowditch effect
Bowdler
Bowdlerism
Bowen's precancerous dermatosis
Bowenoid cells
Bower
Bowery
Bowie
Bowie's stain
Bowie knife
Bowie knives
Bowiea (current term)
Bowiea volubilis
Bowiean
Bowiesque
Bowman's capsule
Bowman's capsules
Bowman's disks
Bowman's gland
Bowman's muscle
Bowman's probe
Bowman's space
Bowman's theory
Bowman-Birk inhibitor
Bowman Birk protease inhibitors

Literary usage of Bowiea

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

1. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"The hypocotyl of Bowiea volubilis (fig. 682) is undeveloped ; and the primary root soon superseded by fleshy, adventitious roots. ..."

2. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"Bowiea volubilis. The first example to be noted here is Bowiea volubilis. The shoot-axis produces long ..."

3. Botanische Zeitung (1902)
"Bei sämmtlichen Versuchen mit Bowiea volubilis war durch geeignete Aufstellung von ... Genau ebenso verhielten sich ältere Sprosse von Bowiea volubilis, ..."

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