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Definition of Celtis australis

1. Noun. Bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celtis Australis

Literary usage of Celtis australis

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

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"The most noted species are the European nettle-tree, (Celtis australis.) and the North American nettle-tree (Celtis occidentalis.) The former is a deciduous ..."

2. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"The larva and pupa are both green, and the larva feeds on the nettle-tree, Celtis australis, but will also eat cherry. It is double-brooded, the Butterfly ..."

3. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"A shrubby plant with highly scented foliage. The volatile oil obtainable from it resembles that of Melissa, but is somewhat camphoric. Celtis australis ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Type species : Celtis australis L. Leaves thin, not strongly reticulate-veined beneath. Pedicels mostly twice as long as the drupe, or longer ; leaves large ..."

5. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"CELTIS australis. Leaves serrate, unequal at the base, ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, scabrous above, pubescent underneath. From L. a Willd. ir. 993 ; sp. ..."

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