Solanum Wendlandii (Noun)
Meaning
Vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The unique beauty of the Solanum wendlandii in bloom drew numerous tourists to the national parks of Costa Rica every year.
- Amongst its exotic neighbors the relatively scarce thorns on Solanum wendlandii spindly shoots created a favorable opportunity for vandals to trample them.
- Scientists in Costa Rica made it a priority to research and protect the Solanum wendlandii due to its increasingly dwindling numbers in the wild.
- In the tropics this nightshades close relative, Solanum wendlandii was seen as a desirable ornamental climbing vine when the lilac-blue flowers bloomed for days at a time.
- Unlike a regular woody vines found in northern regions, Solanum wendlandii of Central America displayed flowers that danced with pollinators under the scorching sun.