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Definition of Proboscis flower
1. Noun. Annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Proboscidea, Proboscidea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proboscis Flower
Literary usage of Proboscis flower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"One cenus is in cultivation in this country, namely Martynia (Unicorn Plant,
proboscis flower), of which 3 or 4 species are grown. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"proboscis flower. Fig. 1372. Lvs. roundish, often oblique, entirely obscurely
wavy-lobed, 4-12 iu. wide: fls. also vary to light yellow. ..."
3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... and proboscis-flower. ^Yhen ripe the capsules split and expose numerous black
wrinkled seeds. The steins and foliage are clammy and malodorous, ..."
4. Flowers, Fruits and Leavesby John Lubbock by John Lubbock (1894)
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