marsdenia

See also: Marsdenia

English

Etymology

Marsden +‎ -ia, from the genus name, named after William Marsden (orientalist).

Noun

marsdenia (plural marsdenias)

  1. (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.

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