tritonia

Definitions

noun A genus of nudibranchiate gastropods founded by Cuvier in 1798, typical of the family Tritoniidæ, with such species as T. plebeia.
noun A genus of lepidopterous insects.
noun (Ker, 1805.) A genus of monocotyledonous plants, of the order Irideæ and the tribe Ixieæ.
noun A plant of this genus.

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Olivia loved the Latin names, but somehow "tritonia" did not seem to express those spikes of burning colour.

A Bookful of Girls Anna Fuller 1884
Many persons fancy that the Cape bulbs require to be taken up every year, but this is altogether a mistake: all the kinds of gladiolus, ixia, tritonia, and other similar plants, will live in the open ground, and flower well, if suffered to grow in masses, which would be killed by a single English winter if planted separately.

The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
My two living _tritonia_, contained in a large clear colourless glass cylinder, filled with pure sea water, and placed on the central table of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh, around which many members were sitting, continued to clink audibly within the distance of twelve feet during the whole meeting.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
Your authentication of the hitherto unknown fact, would probably lead to the discovery of the same phenomenon in other common accessible paludinæ, and other allied branchiated animals, and to the solution of a problem, which is still to me a mystery, even regarding the _tritonia_.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
Finally, for those looking to add a splash of orange to their spring bulb patch, consider the crocosmia relative, tritonia.

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