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See also: Marsdenia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Marsden + -ia, from the genus name, named after William Marsden (orientalist).
Noun
[edit]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.
References
[edit]Marsdenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Marsdenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Marsdenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons