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Definition of Tropaeolum peregrinum
1. Noun. A climber having flowers that are the color of canaries.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tropaeolum Peregrinum
Literary usage of Tropaeolum peregrinum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain by Alexander von Humboldt, John Black (1814)
"... and * This new species of nasturtium, akin to the tropaeolum peregrinum, is
cultivated in the provinces of Popayan and Fasto on table-lands of three ..."
2. The British Flower Garden, (series the Second): Containing Coloured Figures by Robert Sweet (1833)
"D. Don Mss. tropaeolum peregrinum. Linn. sp. pi. ed. 1. p. 345. ed. 2. p. 490 Syst.
nat. ed. 10. p. 908. ..."
3. The American Gardener's Magazine by C M Hovey (1835)
"In this we observed that curious and singularly beautiful plant the Canary bird
flower, (tropaeolum peregrinum) covered with its copious wreaths of flowers ..."
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