Definition of Jewels-of-opar

1. Noun. Erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Jewels-of-opar

jewelleries
jewellers
jewellery
jewellery armoire
jewellery armoires
jewelless
jewellike
jewelling
jewelries
jewelry
jewelry dealer
jewelry maker
jewelry store
jewelrylike
jewels-of-opar (current term)
jewelsmith
jewelweed
jewelweeds
jewess
jewfish
jewfishes
jewie
jewies
jewing
jewlery
jews
jews' harp
jewstone
jewstones

Literary usage of Jewels-of-opar

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

1. Primitive Society: The Beginnings of the Family & the Reckoning of Descent by Edwin Sidney Hartland (1921)
"TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR, 6s. net. TARZAN THE UNTAMED, js. 6d. net. A PRINCESS OF MARS, 6s. net. THE GODS OF MARS, 6s. net. THE WARLORD OF MARS, ..."

2. John Donne, Sometime Dean of St. Paul's: A.D. 1621-1631 by Augustus Jessopp (1897)
"THE BEASTS OF TARZAN, 6s. net. THE SON OF TARZAN, 6s. net. JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN, 6s. net. TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR, 6s. net. TARZAN THE UNTAMED, 7$. ..."

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