Definition of Kiggelaria africana

1. Noun. Large much-branched shrub grown primarily for its evergreen foliage.

Exact synonyms: Wild Peach
Group relationships: Genus Kiggelaria, Kiggelaria
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kiggelaria Africana

Kierkegaard
Kierkegaardian
Kiernan's space
Kieron
Kieslowski
Kiesselbach's area
Kiev
Kievan
Kievan Rus
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Russia
Kifisia
Kifissia
Kigali
Kiggelaria
Kiggelaria africana (current term)
Kiha
Kihnu
Kiki
Kikladhes
Kikongo
Kikuyu
Kildare
Kildin Sami
Kilegi
Kilham rat virus
Kilian
Kilian's line
Kiliani-Fischer synthesis

Literary usage of Kiggelaria africana

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

1. Elements of Botany by Robert John Thornton (1812)
"... (Kiggelaria africana). 127. Two-rowed (disticha) pointing from two sides of the branch, although everywhere inserted, as Deciduous Cypress ..."

2. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1837)
"A thermometer which we had brought indicated 55° in the phade and 70° in the sun, at 10 л. м. Round the waterfall I saw Kiggelaria africana with fruit, ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1892)
"... or about 7 casks of pulp, weighing about 350 to 400 pounds each. — Drug. Circ., 1892, 8. Kiggelaria africana — Hydrocyanic Acid. ..."

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