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brugmansia Bot.|brʊgˈmænzɪə|
[mod.L., f. the name of S. J. Brugmans (1763–1819), Dutch botanist: see -ia1.]
1. A plant of the solanaceous genus so named, native to S. America (formerly included under the genus Datura), the species of which have white, orange, or red tubular blossoms.
1884A. Brassey The Trades 352 The garden contains some..pretty ‘lily-trees’, as they call them here; although I should describe them as a sort of datura or brugmansia. 1961Amat. Gardening 14 Oct. Suppl. 17/1 Datura..half-hardy plants..(also known as Brugmansias and Angels' Trumpets)..striking evergreen subjects for the cool greenhouse.
2. A plant of a genus of parasitic plants of the family Cytinaceæ, found in the Malay islands, each plant of which consists of little more than a flower.
1885Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 265/2 Rafflesia and Brugmansia consists one may say of a single flower. |