Definition of Brugmansia

1. Noun. Includes some plants often placed in the genus Datura: angel's trumpets.


Definition of Brugmansia

1. Proper noun. a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, native to subtropical regions of South America. They are known as angel's trumpets, sharing that name with the closely related genus Datura. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Brugmansia

Bruchus pisorum
Bruck's disease
Brucke's muscle
Brucke's tunic
Brucke-Bartley phenomenon
Bruckenthalia
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia
Bruckner
Brudzinski's sign
Bruegel
Bruegelian
Brueghel
Brueghelian
Brug's filariasis
Bruges
Brugmansia
Brugmansia arborea
Brugmansia sanguinea
Brugmansia suaveolens
Brugsch's syndrome
Brulé
Brum
Brumaire
Brummagem
Brummell
Brummie
Brummies
Brummy
Brumpt's white mycetoma
Brunanburh

Literary usage of Brugmansia

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

1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1856)
"As I learned from experience that brugmansia will not stand our winters without protection, ever since it was planted in the open ground I each year, ..."

2. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"—brugmansia.—Visit to the Governor.—Projected Visit to Norfolk Island.— Meetings on Ship-board.—S. Marsden.—New Year's Day.—Shrubs.—" Brick- fielder. ..."

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