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allamanda, Alla-|æləˈmændə|
Also erron. alamanda, alamander.
[mod.L. (Linnæus 1771), f. the name of the Swiss scientist J. N. S. Allamand.]
A plant of the genus so named of apocynaceous trees of tropical America, cultivated for their large funnel-shaped yellow flowers.
1796Curtis in Bot. Mag. X. pl. 338 Willow-leaved Allamanda. 1879W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. 7 Oct. (1897) 449 An alamanda with big petals of a very lovely yellow. 1918C. W. Beebe Jungle Peace iv. 83 The sheets of bougainvillea blossoms, of yellow allamandas..brought joy to the eye and the nostril. 1957P. Mansfield Final Exposure xiv. 213 The wind had been..beating the branches of the alamander against the wall and plucking the pale flowers from the stems.
Comb.1918W. H. Hudson Far Away xxii. 294 The large alamanda-like flower of a purest divine yellow. |