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Definition of Gazania rigens
1. Noun. Decumbent South African perennial with short densely leafy stems and orange flower rays with black eyespots at base.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gazania Rigens
Literary usage of Gazania rigens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1863)
"... but all would not do, the Gazania splen- dens will not seed here by any means
known to me or that I can think of, neither will Gazania rigens. ..."
2. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1850)
"The Gazania rigens is a very old plant, having been introduced from the Cape in
1755. This is a very free flower, very nearly hard}', and is a very showy ..."
3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Gazania rigens was the species first to be introduced (1755), followed in 1804 by G.
pavonia and in 1816 by G. uniflora. By the crossing of G. rigens and G. ..."
4. The Botanical Register by Sydenham Edwards, John Bellenden Ker (1815)
"In GAZANIA rigens the circle that encompasses the foot of the ray is black, here
of an hazel-brown on the inside, and blue on the opposite surface. ..."
5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1864)
"... and in like manner the dark spots in Gazania rigens and Arum Dracunculus.
The black colour of the spots of Pelargonium tricolor, ..."
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