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Definition of Clivia
1. Noun. (botany) Any plant of the genus ''Clivia'', native to southern Africa. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clivia
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clivia
| clits clitter clittered clitters clitties clival cliver clivers clivia (current term) clivias | clivis clivities clivity clivus clivus ocularis clm cloacae cloacal cloacal membrane cloacal theory |
Literary usage of Clivia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"This spe- eies, introduced from Natal in 1854, is propagated by division, and
requires the same culture as the clivia. Many beautiful hybrids, having larger ..."
2. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"... but I have now before me a fruit of clivia, nearly ripe, in which the seeds
have split the pericarp, which is outwardly of a rough brownish green, ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"They are evergreen plants of the Amaryllis family, with thick, leathery, strap-shaped
leaves. clivia miniata is the species most commonly grown. ..."
4. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"I find also that the people of our time are ignorant what bird it was that was
called by the ancients a "clivia." Some persons say that it was a ..."
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