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Definition: Eustoma

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Eustoma" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1963. (references)

Common Expressions: Eustoma

Expressions Definition
Eustoma grandiflorum One of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Eustoma Small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Eustoma

Eustoma

Eustoma
Eustoma grandiflorum
Eustoma grandiflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Eustoma
Salisb. (1806)
Species

Eustoma is a genus of 3 species in the family Gentianaceae, found in warm regions of the Southern United States, Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America. They are mostly found growing in grassland and areas of disturbed ground.

They are herbaceous annuals, growing to 15 – 60 cm tall, with bluish green, slightly succulent leaves, and large funnel shaped flowers growing on long straight stems.

Eustoma grandiflorum is particularly popular and has a number of cultivars that are grown for the cut flower market. The cultivated flower is also often known as Lisianthus, Texas Bluebell, Prairie Gentian (ITIS[1]), Tulip Gentian or just Gentian, although the latter can cause confusion with the related Gentian plant genus.

References

  1. ITIS Standard Report Page: Eustoma

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Eustoma 20     Eustoma 20
Eustoma (Shuffle!) 8     Eustoma (Shuffle!) 8
Eustoma russellianum 7     Eustoma russellianum 7

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