Definition of Persoonia

1. Noun. Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungs.

Exact synonyms: Genus Persoonia
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Proteaceae, Protea Family, Proteaceae
Member holonyms: Geebung

Lexicographical Neighbors of Persoonia

Persian lilac
Persian melon
Persian powder
Persian relapsing fever
Persian violet
Persian walnut
Persianness
Persians
Persic
Persics
Persil
Persis
Persism
Persisms
Persoonia (current term)
Perspex
Perth
Perthes' test
Perthes disease
Perthian
Perthians
Perthshire
Pertik's diverticulum
Pertusaria
Pertusariaceae
Peru
Perugia
Perugian
Perugians

Literary usage of Persoonia

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

1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"Spiral thickening of the walls of the vessels has been observed in Dryandra formosa, R. Br., Grevillea Baueri, R. Br. and Persoonia acerosa, Sieb. ..."

2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1810)
"Brown in linn. soc. transact. 10. p. 16!. prodr. 372. Linear-leaved Persoonia. ... £pear-k-aved Persoonia. Nat. of New South Wales. ..."

3. On the Cultivation of the Plants Belonging to the Natural Order of Proteēæ by Joseph Knight (1809)
"Hairy Persoonia. A rusty coloured species, growing wild near Pert Jackson, ... Juniper like Persoonia. This is a native of Van Diemens Island, ..."

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