Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A monotypic genus of the family Liliaceæ, comprising a brilliant-flowered and graceful twining plant, L. rosea, a native of Chile.
- noun A plant of the genus Lapageria.
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Examples
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The well-known greenhouse climbing plant lapageria, with its waxy white or crimson trumpets of flowers, owes its name to Josephine de la
Here, There and Everywhere Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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