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Definition of Pulvini
1. pulvinus [n] - See also: pulvinus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulvini
Literary usage of Pulvini
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"Stem diffuse; internodes orbicular-obovate; pulvini with numerous reddish brown
... Stem prostrate; internodes elliptic or obovate, dark green; pulvini with ..."
2. Physical Expression, Its Modes and Principles by Francis Warner (1886)
"... direct and empirical—Impressionability and retentiveness—Nutrition ; its
signs—Movements in plants; pulvini, by unequal growth—Expression by form, ..."
3. The Power of Movement in Plants by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1900)
"... terminal leaflet—Trifolium— Desmodium: rudimentary lateral leaflets, movements
of, not developed on young plants, state of their pulvini—Cassia: complex ..."
4. Physical Expression: Its Modes and Principles by Francis Warner (1885)
"... direct and empirical—Impressionability and retentiveness—Nutrition ; its
signs—Movements in plants; pulvini, by unequal growth—Expression by form, ..."
5. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"... movements of leaves— Presence of pulvini—The less ning of radiation the final
cause of ... pulvini ..."
6. Roman Sacrificial Altars: An Archaeological Study of Monuments in Rome by Helen Cox Bowerman (1913)
"Here the upper surface between the pulvini is not flat, as in the later altars of
... An extra member is represented above the pulvini, extending across the ..."
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