Sentence examples for plant named from inspiring English sources
Not that you'd want to be too grave or straitlaced when the central character is a singing, blood-guzzling plant named Audrey II.
Attenborough's Pitcher Plant, named after the famous naturalist Sir David, lives only on Mount Victoria, in the Philippines, but is under threat from collectors because of its fame.
A less conspicuous woody plant named fragrant wintersweet is in full bloom, cloyingly sweet and about six weeks early for these parts.
Her childhood memories included passing by the 200-acre Roebling Steel Company plant — named after the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge.
One of the best is nematanthus, or goldfish plant, named for the tubular flowers that seem to spring from between the small leaves.
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Others have plants named after them.
The plants named in the first stanza – apple trees and vines – both supply fruit for alcohol.
(The nuclear industry has plants named Millstone and Turkey Point, names possibly not chosen with likability in mind).
Saponins may be considered as a part of plants defence systems found in plants named phytoanticipins or phytoprotectants [43].
Of all the plants named by participants, V. amygdalina, was the highest ranked plant for efficacy against gastrointestinal parasites.
