Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of fishes of the family Rondeletiidæ, found in the deep seas. One species is known.
- noun A genus of gamopetalous shrubs and trees of the order Rubiaceæ. type of the tribe Rondeletieæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the
genus Rondeletia oftropical rubiaceous shrubs .
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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Examples
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Shave up the soap very fine; boil it and the saffron in a quart of the rose-water; when dissolved, add the remainder of the water, then the spirit, finally the rondeletia, which is used by way of perfume.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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