About  |  Kamus SABDA Mobile
Table of Contents -- paulownia
POS
HYPHEN
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Link, Gadget and Share
Copy the code below to your site:
Link
Gadget
Share
 Facebook
 Twitter
Add to your browser

paulownia

POS
 : 
Noun
HYPHEN
 : 
pau=low=ni=a
top

CIDE DICTIONARY
paulownia, prop. n. [NL. So named from the Russian princess Anna Pavlovna.].
     A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceæ, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis.  [1913 Webster]
    " The tree is native to Japan, and has immense heart-shaped leaves, and large purplish flowers in panicles. The capsules contain many little winged seeds, which are beautiful microscopic objects. The tree is hardy in America as far north as Connecticut."  [1913 Webster]
top

OXFORD DICTIONARY
paulownia, n. any Chinese tree of the genus Paulownia, with fragrant purple flowers.

Etymology
Anna Paulovna, Russian princess d. 1865
copyright © 2012 Yayasan Lembaga SABDA (YLSA) | To report a problem/suggestion