Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants in the genus Clivia, native to southern Africa and widely cultivated as ornamentals for their cluster of reddish-orange or yellow flowers borne on a long stalk.
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- noun botany Any
plant of the genusClivia , native to southernAfrica .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Petravich said you can probably buy a flowering-size basic clivia today for about $50.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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Keep the clivia watered and lightly fed; that's about it.
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Many are yellow-flowered this is the brass ring of clivia breeding, and even the orange ones looked special - grading toward red and with striking throat coloration in light yellows.
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There, in full bloom, were some 400 mature specimens of clivia.
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At Longwood Gardens, the clivia houseplant is anything but ordinary
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Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa., but it is here that he manages a clivia research program that dates to 1976.
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I had followed the standard clivia cultivation, which is this: After spring blooming, place the potted plant outdoors in a sheltered spot that is in partial to full shade.
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Here are some more bulbs you just have to try including the caladiums, amaryllis, rain lilies (pictured), agapanthus, clivia, cannas and gingers.
SplicedFeed tom maccubbin 2010
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Winding paths curve through layers of tropical vegetation punctuated with blue agapanthus, orange clivia and other unexpected blooms.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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Winding paths curve through layers of tropical vegetation punctuated with blue agapanthus, orange clivia and other unexpected blooms.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
rolig commented on the word clivia
a southern African plant of the lily family, with gorgeous orange trumpet-shaped blossoms, named for Charlotte née Clive, Duchess of Northumberland (1787–1866) – I'm sure there's a bit of colonial history there.
December 8, 2007