allamanda
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of allamanda
1790–1800; < New Latin, named after Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand (1713–87), Swiss naturalist; -a 2
Example Sentences
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He had slid the allamanda off his finger and was examining its yellow petals.
From Literature
A forest tree wreathed with golden allamandas, when seen for the first time, is a new and never-to-be-forgotten revelation of beauty, forming a towering mass of bloom.
From Project Gutenberg
The two words "Roman Catholicism" uttered aloud in the quiet June sunlight gave him the sensation of an allamanda or of a gardenia blossoming in an apple-tree.
From Project Gutenberg
I laughed because the allamanda flowers were so yellow.
From Literature
The allamanda bushes bordering the garden bloomed heavily with yellow, cylindrical flowers.
From Literature
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