Lusitanian

/ ˌluːsɪˈteɪnɪən /

adjective

1. poetic,  of or relating to Lusitania or Portugal

2. biology denoting flora or fauna characteristically found only in the warm, moist, west-facing coastal regions of Portugal, Spain, France, and the west and southwest coasts of Great Britain and Ireland

Example Sentences

The son of a Lusitanian merchant, while in Fez on a trading expedition, buys the relics of a Christian saint.

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Sweeter to Margaret than Lusitanian nectar such as Chianti yields was her drink of barley water.

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In a similar way Lusitanian forms—in fact, species from almost all parts of Europe—were now free to wander to the newly opened up peninsula which had become part of the mainland of Europe.

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He had by now established his fame and was known as the Lusitanian Virgil, but presently he had a rude awakening from his dreams of love and glory.

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In all their expeditions this was professedly a principal motive of the Lusitanian monarchs, and Camo�ns understood the nature of epic poetry too well to omit it.

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