marsdenia
See also: Marsdenia
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
marsdenia (plural marsdenias)
- (botany) Any of the genus Marsdenia of apocynaceous plants.
- 1872, Matilda Mary Pollard, The miner's son, and Margaret Vernon (page 194)
- The odour of the 'Madagascar chaplet-flower' came floating out, mingled with the fragrant scents of the marsdenias, and the sloping shelves were one mass of varied bloom.
- 1872, Matilda Mary Pollard, The miner's son, and Margaret Vernon (page 194)
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