Definition of Allionia

1. Noun. Small genus of chiefly American herbs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Allionia

Allhallown
Allhallows
Allhallows Eve
Allhallowtide
Alliaceae
Alliaria
Alliaria officinalis
Allie
Allied Command Atlantic
Allied Command Europe
Allier
Allies
Alligator mississipiensis
Alligator sinensis
Alligatoridae
Allionia (current term)
Allionia incarnata
Allioniaceae
Allis' sign
Allis forceps
Allison
Allistair
Allistaire
Allister
Allithwaite
Allium acuminatum
Allium ampeloprasum
Allium ascalonicum
Allium canadense
Allium carinatum

Literary usage of Allionia

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Allionia ovata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 97. 1814. glabrous or but slightly pubescent, i°-3° tall. ... Allionia comata Small, of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, ..."

2. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter, Aven Nelson (1909)
"Allionia diffusa Heller, Minn. Bot. Stud. 2: 33. 1898. ... Allionia incarnata.—Southern Colorado to Texas and California. 4. ABRONIA Juss. ..."

3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"Allionia linearis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 728 (1814). ... Allionia nyctaginea ovata (Pursh) Morong. Allionia ovata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 97 (1814). ..."

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