Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several plants of the tropical genus Gunnera, having gigantic leaves and small, red to purple drupes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small genus of marsh-plants, of the order Halorageæ, natives of Africa, South America, Tasmania, and the islands of the Pacific.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
plants , of the genus Gunnera, that have very largeleaves and small, reddishdrupes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If only I had a large pond like that one, gunnera would certainly be in it.
Touring With Friends-Ledbury And Hampton Court Castle, Herefordshire « Fairegarden 2010
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A brick path wanders through the garden to the front door, past Japanese knotweed and gunnera, an English jungle John Nash introduced around the margins to spice up the poplar, oak and hazel.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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A brick path wanders through the garden to the front door, past Japanese knotweed and gunnera, an English jungle John Nash introduced around the margins to spice up the poplar, oak and hazel.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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Grevillea robusta ground-ivy ground-nut grub, white guards for trees gum tree gunnera gutters
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I've lost, and probably foolishly replaced, daphnes, a gunnera, wallflowers and Rosa mutabilis in my north-facing Whidbey Island garden in recent years.
The Seattle Times 2011
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I've lost, and probably foolishly replaced, daphnes, a gunnera, wallflowers and Rosa mutabilis in my north-facing Whidbey Island garden in recent years.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Brushing past the massive leaves of Chilean gunnera offers a glimpse of how land plants evolved through time.
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Now that it's accompanied by sphinxes, giant-leafed gunnera in the pool, and palms, spiky aloes and bananas newly planted around the edge of the garden, you expect a vulture to alight on it at any moment.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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One of her few nonnative plants, a gunnera, looks like someone sprinkled acid on its leaves.
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One of her few nonnative plants, a gunnera, looks like someone sprinkled acid on its leaves.
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