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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [Rox-burgh, 1798: so called with ref. to the form of the corolla.] A genus of gamopetalous plants, of the order Apocynaceæ, tribe Echitideæ, and subtribe Ecdysanthereæ.
- noun [lowercase] Eccles., same as
cruet , 2.
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It has no relationship to a genus yielding a similar substance, of which I sent a specimen to Dr. Roxburgh at Bengal, who published an account of it under the name of urceola.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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QUIVISIA, Commerf * Quivi, Bois de Quivi, Calix urceola - tus 4-5-dentatus.
Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu ... Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita : juxta methodum in horto regio Parisiensi exaratam, anno M.DCC.LXXIV Barrois, Théophile, printer 1789
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