incarvillea

/ ˌɪnkɑːˈvɪlɪə /

noun

1. any plant of the genus Incarvillea, native to China, of which some species are grown as garden or greenhouse plants for their large usually carmine-coloured trumpet-shaped flowers, esp I. delavayi: family Bignoniaceae

Word History and Origins

Origin of incarvillea¹

named after Pierre d'Incarville (1706–57), French missionary

Example Sentences

Ah," he sighed, "I wish they'd get that yellow Incarvillea over.

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It's disgraceful for these people to offer seeds of Incarvillea olgæ.

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We owe to the skill of the Chinese many kinds of roses, lilies, camellias and peonies; and have introduced from China some of the most ornamental plants in our gardens, as Wistaria, Diervilla, Kerria, Incarvillea, Deutzia, Primula sinensis, Hemerocallis, &c.

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