Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of plants of the order Convolvulaceæ, type of the tribe Nolaneæ, and known by the broadly bell-shaped angled corolla and basilar style.

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Examples

  • Biogeografía y evolución del clado Nolana (Nolanae-Solanaceae).

    San Félix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests 2007

  • To be noted, however, is the absence of Nolana (Solanaceae), one of the most characteristic genera of the Atacama Desert flora.

    San Félix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests 2007

  • Distinctive and restricted range species include Sechura fox (Pseudalopex sechurae), Roedinger's lance head (Bothrops roedingeri), Pizarrita slenderbilled finch Xenospingus concolor, Raimond's Yellow-Finch (Sicalis raimondii), Eugenia ferreyrae, Nolana weissiana, Quinchamalium lomae, Monnina arenicola.

    Sechura desert 2008

  • This area has communities of shrubs such as Skytnathus acutus, Encelia canescens, Frankenia chilensis, and Nolana rostrata.

    Atacama desert 2007

  • Despite the aridity of this desert, some cacti (Eulychnia), perennials (Nolana), and mesquite (Prosopis) occur in basins where occasional water accumulation occurs.

    Atacama desert 2007

  • Endemic plants near Tocopilla are Malesherbia tocopillana, Mathewsia collina and Nolana tocopillensis.

    Atacama desert 2007

  • With regard to Nicotiana and Nolana; have these one or two rows of carpella?

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

  • Liberatus thinks he became Bishop of Nolana in the Campagna,

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • I found a good instance in Nolana prostrata, and experimented on it, but the forms did not differ in fertility.

    More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845

  • A venture capitalist who turned the original Amberjack's from a fried-fish bar to an upscale eatery nearly three years ago, Mullins renovated a corner spot at the strip mall at the corner of Nolana and 23rd Street.

    Brownsville Herald : By SEAN GAFFNEY 2010

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