Definition of Dovyalis

1. Noun. Small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lanka.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Dovyalis

Douglas Moore
Douglas abscess
Douglas bag
Douglas berries
Douglas berry
Douglas graft
Douglas mechanism
Douglas squirrel
Dougo
Dover
Dover's powder
Dover's powders
Dovre
Dovyalis (current term)
Dovyalis caffra
Dovyalis hebecarpa
Dow
Dow-Jones Industrial Average
Dow Jones
Dowding
Dowe
Dowland
Down
Down's
Down Easter
Down syndrome
Downe

Literary usage of Dovyalis

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1. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"... which might be obtained from plants introduced, especially as this plant will grow in dry regions. Dovyalis ..."

2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Named for David Douglas, botanical explorer. Herbs. About 5 species, one in Europe; 4 in northwestern US 701. Dovyalis, E. Meyer. Kei Apple. ..."

3. The Technologist (1863)
"... and much yellower when polished. It is extensively used in Tasmania for house flooring, and in construction of carpenters' tools. Dovyalis ..."

4. Natal: An Illustrated Official Railway Guide and Handbook of General Information by Charles William Francis Harrison (1903)
"... (Dovyalis rhamnoides), one or two species of Ficus, several species of Mimusops, Water- boom (Eugenia ..."

5. S. W. Silver & Co.'s Handbook to South Africa: Including the Cape Colony by S.W. Silver & Co (1880)
"... a name given to the fruit of Dovyalis rhamnoides, Burch., and D. rotundifolia, Thunb., the latter of which is said to be delicious, making a very fine ..."

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