Dillenian.
/dɪˈliːnɪə/ Botany.
A genus of plants, typical of the family Dilleniaceæ, natives of India and the Eastern peninsula, consisting of lofty forest trees with handsome flowers.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Dillenia,..a genus of plants.
1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 377 Dillenia, with its beautiful blossoms and fruit, serves to immortalize two of the most meritorious among botanists.
Derivatives
dilleniˈaceous adj. of or belonging to the family Dilleniaceæ.
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1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 497 Dilleniaceous plants are distinguished..from Magnoliaceæ by their want of stipules.
diˈlleniad n. a member of this family.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 408 The species of this genus of dilleniads are handsome lofty trees inhabiting dense forests in India.
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