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Definition of Jacquinia armillaris
1. Noun. Small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets.
Exact synonyms: Bracelet Wood
Group relationships: Genus Jacquinia, Jacquinia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Group relationships: Genus Jacquinia, Jacquinia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacquinia Armillaris
Literary usage of Jacquinia armillaris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland (1827)
"... which is the principal ingredient, are mixed pimento (capsicum), tobacco,
barbasco (jacquinia armillaris), ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Horticultural Society of London (1846)
"... while on rocky parts of the coast jacquinia armillaris was equally common.
spikes of yellow blossoms. In dry woods I met with Sapindus esculentus, ..."
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