Definition of Sloanea

1. Noun. Genus of tropical hardwood timber trees.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloanea

Slavonic language
Slavs
Sleeping Beauty
Slezsko
Sliabh Luachra
Slick
Sligo
Slinky
Slip Slop Slap
Slippery Nipple
Slippery Nipples
Sliven
Slo-Bid
Sloane Ranger
Sloanea
Sloanea jamaicensis
Sloanie
Sloanies
Sloppy Joe
Slough
Slough of Despond
Slovak
Slovak Cuvac
Slovak Republic
Slovakia
Slovakian
Slovakian monetary unit
Slovaks
Slovene

Literary usage of Sloanea

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

1. Icones Plantarum: Or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1844)
"I have ventured to place this fine plant in the genus sloanea, as indeed hinted at by ... My specimens of sloanea dentata exhibit anthers opening by pores, ..."

2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Chesnut-leaved sloanea. Nat. of South America. Cult, before 1752, by Mr. Ph. Miller. Mill. $ict. ed. 6. Castanea 5. Fl. S. !j. ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... 60 species and sloanea 44 species. The family is closely related to the ... The seeds of sloanea dentata of Guiana are eaten like chestnuts. ..."

4. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"sloanea emarginata of Linnaeus was based wholly upon this plate 87 of ... Its synonymy is as follows: MIMUSOPS EMARGINATA (L.) sloanea emarginata L. Sp. PI. ..."

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