Definition of Thunbergia

1. Noun. A genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Thunbergia

Thryothorus
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Thu
Thuban
Thucydides
Thuggee
Thuggees
Thuja occidentalis
Thuja orientalis
Thuja plicata
Thujopsis
Thujopsis dolobrata
Thulean
Thumbelina
Thunbergia (current term)
Thunbergia alata
Thunder Bay
Thunderbird
Thunderbirds
Thunderer
Thunnus
Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus albacares
Thunnus thynnus
Thur
Thurber
Thurgau
Thurgovia
Thuringia

Literary usage of Thunbergia

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

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1889)
"The stems of various species of Thunbergia are considerably thickened just above the insertion of the leaves, these thickenings possessing a structure ..."

2. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Thunbergia alaia. Half nat. size. Second and third pairs triangular-hastate, subcordate at the base, irregularly dentate, five-nerved. ..."

3. The Annals of Horticulture (1849)
"... to be encouraged to progress as rapidly as is consistent with sturdy and vigorous development. Few plants are more attractive than the common Thunbergia ..."

4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"... Thunbergia (named in honour of Professor Thunberg, of Upsala, 1743- 1822). A genus of about thirty species of annual or perennial stove herbs, ..."

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