Definition of Hermannia

1. Noun. Genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Hermannia

Herman Melville
Herman Northrop Frye
Herman Wouk
Hermann
Hermann's fixative
Hermann Goering
Hermann Goring
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Joseph Muller
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz
Hermann Maurice Saxe
Hermann Minkowski
Hermann Snellen
Hermann Wilhelm Goring
Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermannia (current term)
Hermannia verticillata
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type VI
Hermaphroditus
Hermes
Hermian
Hermione
Hermissenda
Hermitian
Hermogenian
Hermogenians
Hermosillo
Hernan Cortes

Literary usage of Hermannia

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

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Shrubby Hermannia, with a foft oblong hairy heart- ... Sorts of Hermannia are Natives of the Crpe of ..."

2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"A SYNOPSIS OF THE AMERICAN SPECIES OF Hermannia. ... Hermannia inflata Link & Otto, Ic. PI. Rev. 55, t. 28. 1828. This species has been rare in collections ..."

3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"Glittering Hermannia. Introd. 1790. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Fr. Masson. Fl. May—August. GH lj. involucrata. ..."

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