Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of solanaceous plants, of the tribe Atropeæ.
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- noun shrubby climbers of tropical America
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We distinguished in these festoons a bignonia of a violet blue, the purple dolichos, and for the first time, that magnificent solandra, * which has an orange-coloured flower and a fleshy tube more than four inches long.
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We distinguished in these festoons a bignonia of a violet blue, the purple dolichos, and for the first time, that magnificent solandra, * (* Solandra scandens.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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