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incarvillea

/ ˌɪnkɑːˈvɪlɪə /

noun

  1. any plant of the genus Incarvillea, native to China, of which some species are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their large usually carmine-coloured trumpet-shaped flowers, esp I. delavayi: family Bignoniaceae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of incarvillea1

named after Pierre d'Incarville (1706–57), French missionary
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Example Sentences

Ah," he sighed, "I wish they'd get that yellow Incarvillea over.

It's disgraceful for these people to offer seeds of Incarvillea olgæ.

We owe to the skill of the Chinese many kinds of roses, lilies, camellias and peonies; and have introduced from China some of the most ornamental plants in our gardens, as Wistaria, Diervilla, Kerria, Incarvillea, Deutzia, Primula sinensis, Hemerocallis, &c.

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