Definition of Mandevilla

1. Noun. Genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandevilla

Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin dialect
Mandate of Heaven
Mandchuria
Mande
Mandeali
Mandean
Mandeanism
Mandela
Mandelamine
Mandelbrot
Mandelbrot set
Mandelin's reagent
Mandelshtam
Mandelstam
Mandevilla (current term)
Mandevilla boliviensis
Mandevilla laxa
Mandingo
Mandingoes
Mandingos
Mandinka
Mandinkas
Mandip
Mandobo Atas
Mandragora officinarum
Mandrillus
Mandrillus leucophaeus
Mandrillus sphinx
Manduca quinquemaculata

Literary usage of Mandevilla

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

1. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1844)
"Eodem auno obiit in multorum dolorem Willelmus de Mandevilla ; nonis- que Martii factus est tonitrus horribilis nimis, ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... does not include all the species at present grown in such places, as several that are frequently so grown have proved unsatisfactory. 2679. Mandevilla ..."

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