Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of polypetalous plants, of the order Passifloraceæ and tribe Passifloreæ, distinguished from the related genus Passiflora by its elongated calyx-tube.
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Examples
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Vivid orchids and wonderful colored lichens smoldered upon the swarthy tree-trunks and where a wandering shaft of light fell full upon the golden allamanda, the scarlet star-clusters of the tacsonia, or the rich deep blue of ipomaea, the effect was as a dream of fairyland.
The Lost World 1912
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Vivid orchids and wonderful colored lichens smoldered upon the swarthy tree-trunks and where a wandering shaft of light fell full upon the golden allamanda, the scarlet star-clusters of the tacsonia, or the rich deep blue of ipomaea, the effect was as a dream of fairyland.
The Lost World Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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