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Definition of Gerardia
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Gerardia.
Definition of Gerardia
1. an herb [n -S] - See also: herb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerardia
Literary usage of Gerardia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1819)
"( ) gerardia PURPUREA. PURPLE gerardia. Class and Order. ... gerardia purpurea
seems to be rather a tender than hardy annual. Native of North-America, ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"On dry hills and banks, Ontario to Indiana and Missouri. 7. gerardia ... Bot.
Mag. i: 2o9. 1835. Not G. macrophylla Benth. gerardia ..."
3. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1856)
"gerardia; in honor of John Gerarde, the old English botanist. gerardia flava, and G.
quercifolia, are beautiful native plants, with five large, bell-shaped, ..."
4. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"... only in a small restricted area of about three square rods where the two pure
stocks met. EVANSTON, ILLINOIS. SHORTER NOTES A NEW gerardia FROM NEW ..."
5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"New- name for gerardia tenuifolia macrophylla Benth., not gerardia macrophylla
... "Low sandy collected and distributed by the describer seen. gerardia ..."
Other Resources:
Faroese