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Definition of Tritoma
1. Noun. A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Kniphofia
Specialized synonyms: Kniphofia Uvaria, Poker Plant
Definition of Tritoma
1. an African herb [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tritoma
Literary usage of Tritoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Entomology: Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by John Curtis by John Curtis (1840)
"No one that I am aware of has ever observed that tritoma has five distinct ...
the tarsi of tritoma are ^-jointed, and that the penultimate joint is bifid. ..."
2. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1907)
"... serious pest to sugar-beet, " thick sowing of seed " is practised, and would
be worth doing in this country, where the species is over numerous.—tritoma ..."
3. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"... with light rose-colored flowers in August larger than hollyhocks, and continuing
long in bloom, is the best known. Hi- RED-HOT POKER. (tritoma UVARIA ..."
4. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"tritoma UVARIA GLAUCESCENS, 3 fa 4 feet—T. GRANDIS, 4 to 6 feet, shaded Orange
tipped with delicate Green.—This is one of the most gorgeous genus of hardy ..."
5. Handy Book of the Flower-garden by David Thomson (1893)
"Sulphureum, yellow. Virginale, white, yellow centre. tritoma uvaria glaucescens,
3 to ... tritoma ..."
6. Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"... was highly charged with electric fluid, to dart sparks of lucid flame in
abundance from such of its flowers as were fading." THE tritoma. Natural Order. ..."
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