Definition of Genus bignonia

1. Noun. One species: cross vine.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bignonia

genus Bemisia
genus Bennettitis
genus Benzoin
genus Berberis
genus Bergenia
genus Beroe
genus Berteroa
genus Bertholletia
genus Bessera
genus Besseya
genus Beta
genus Bettongia
genus Betula
genus Bibos
genus Bidens
genus Bignonia
genus Biscutella
genus Bison
genus Bitis
genus Blaberus
genus Blandfordia
genus Blarina
genus Blastocladia
genus Blastomyces
genus Blatta
genus Blattella
genus Blechnum
genus Blennius
genus Blephilia
genus Bletia

Literary usage of Genus bignonia

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

1. The British Florist: Or, Lady's Journal of Horticulture (1846)
"ON THE genus bignonia. WITH AN ENGRAVING OF B. PICTA. ... Extensive as is the genus Bignonia even now, it. was considerably larger a few years since, when, ..."

2. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by Taylor and Francis, William Jardine (1854)
"... and they agree also with the genus Bignonia in the form of their embryo : Crescentia and Kigelia, however, present characters wholly at variance with ..."

3. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1876)
"But the genus Bignonia shows us what diversity of action there may be between the tendrils of closely allied species. In all the nine species observed by me ..."

4. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses by James Sykes Gamble (1902)
"In addition to these there are to be found in cultivation several plants of the genus Bignonia, especially B. venusta, Ker, the well-known orange-flowered ..."

5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"... the near allies of the genus Bignonia, are all suitable for conservatory decoration. Indeed T. radi- cans and T. grandiflora are quite hardy, ..."

6. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1915)
"... climbing shrubby plants of North and South America of the genus Bignonia. I have hybridized some species of bignonia with several of the Tecoma, ..."

7. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1863)
"... and have furnished the material for our plate, the only one as yet published of the genus. Bignonia glutinosa, De Cand., referred as a second species to ..."

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