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‖ Gordonia Bot.|gɔːˈdəʊnɪə|
[See quot. 1770.]
A genus of North-American and Asiatic trees of the camellia or tea family (Ternstrœmiaceæ), with large beautiful flowers; a plant of this genus.
1770Ellis in Phil. Trans. LX. 520, I desire it may have a place among your genera, by the name of Gordonia, as a compliment to our worthy friend, that eminent gardener Mr. James Gordon, near Mile-end. 1865F. Parkman Huguenots iv. (1875) 58 Here the rich gordonia..sends down its thirsty roots to drink at the stealing brook. |
