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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Adoxaceae .
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Examples
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Polytrichium fuscescens, Trichostomum anielangioides, Pohlia, on walls and rocks, Adoxa! in wet places under banks, with a fleshy Urticea: about this was observed the brick-red and black bird.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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In the Caprifoliaceae we have small and regular greenish flowers, as in the moschatel (Adoxa); more conspicuous regular open flowers without honey, as in the elder (Sambucus); and tubular flowers increasing in length and irregularity, till in some, like our common honeysuckle, they are adapted for fertilisation by moths only, with abundant honey and delicious perfume to attract them.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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The summit flower, in Adoxa and rue differ from the lower flowers.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845
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