Definition of Dodonaea

1. Noun. A genus of tropical shrub or tree.

Exact synonyms: Genus Dodonaea
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sapindaceae, Sapindaceae, Soapberry Family
Member holonyms: Aalii

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dodonaea

Doderlein
Dodge
Dodge City
Dodgeon
Dodger
Dodgers
Dodges
Dodgin
Dodgshon
Dodgson
Dodie
Dodoma
Dodona
Dodonaea (current term)
Dodoni
Dodson
Dodwellian
Doerfler
Doerfler-Stewart test
Dog Latin
Dog Star
Dogger Bank
Doggerland
Dogiel's cells
Dogiel's corpuscle
Dogme
Dogon
Dogri

Literary usage of Dodonaea

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

1. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"Dodonaea.—Metro- sideros. — Alyxia. — Alphitonia.— Pisonia. ... The earliest stage is exhibited by such genera as Alphitonia, Dodonaea, Metrosideros, ..."

2. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"Dodonaea. Flowers dioecious, regular (often appearing as if hermaphrodite). ... The genus Dodonaea consists of 46 species, 44 of which are endemic in ..."

3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Clammy Dodonaea. Switch-sorrel. Nat. of the Countries between the Tropics. Introd. ... Three-sided Dodonaea. Nat. of New South Wales. Introd. ..."

4. Travels in Northern Greece by William Martin Leake (1835)
"An opinion appears to have prevailed among the ancients, which is supported by the Odyssey, that the Dodonaea appertained first to Thesprotia and afterwards ..."

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