Definition of Lunaria
1. Noun. Small genus of European herbs: honesty.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Honesty, Lunaria Annua, Money Plant, Satin Flower, Satinpod, Silver Dollar
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Literary usage of Lunaria
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1. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe (1864)
"... lunaria, is a native of Great ... Sprengel enumerates— B. lunaria, Swartz,
Europe. — australe, Brown, New Holland. ..."
2. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers ; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1859)
"lunaria biennis. — Honesty is an old-fashioned plant, flowering the second year from
... lunaria is from luna, the moon, in allusion to the broad, round, ..."
3. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"Italian, lunaria.—German and Dutch, a variety of names, most of which have ...
THE Italian name lunaria, and the English name Moon- wort, were given to this ..."
4. Modern Russian Poetry by Babette Deutsch (1921)
"SONNET XV (From the Sonnet-cycle "lunaria") Pure pearl of silence brooding on
the sky, Presider o'er conception, lamp of dreams, Altar of nightly spells, ..."
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