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PRONUNCIATION OF GERARDIA

gerardia  [dʒəˈrɑːdɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GERARDIA

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Gerardia is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GERARDIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gerardia

Gerardia

Gerardia L. is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It was once used as the generic name for the genus Agalinis, but based on the rules of the ICBN it is an illegitimate later homonym of Gerardia L. that is now unavailable for use Agalinis. The genus is named for the English herbalist John Gerard. Stenandrium is still preferred because of its widespread and historical use.

Definition of gerardia in the English dictionary

The definition of gerardia in the dictionary is any plant of the genus Gerardia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GERARDIA


bouvardia
buːˈvɑːdɪə
bradycardia
ˌbrædɪˈkɑːdɪə
cardia
ˈkɑːdɪə
dextrocardia
ˌdɛkstrəʊˈkɑːdɪə
encyclopaedia
ɪnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪə
encyclopedia
ɛnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪə
endocardia
endəʊˈkɑːdɪə
foolhardier
ˈfuːlˌhɑːdɪə
gaillardia
ɡeɪˈlɑːdɪə
giardia
dʒaɪˈɑːdɪə
media
ˈmiːdɪə
megalocardia
ˌmɛɡələʊˈkɑːdɪə
mixed-media
mɪkst ˈmiːdɪə
multimedia
ˌmʌltɪˈmiːdɪə
myocardia
ˌmaɪəʊˈkɑːdɪə
new-media
njuː ˈmiːdɪə
pericardia
ˌpɛrɪˈkɑːdɪə
stenocardia
ˌstɛnəʊˈkɑːdɪə
tachycardia
ˌtækɪˈkɑːdɪə
tardier
ˈtɑːdɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GERARDIA

ger.
Gera
gerah
Geraldton wax
Geraldton waxflower
geraniaceous
geranial
geraniol
geranium
geratological
geratologist
geratology
gerbera
gerbil
gerbille
gerent
gerenuk
gerfalcon
Gergiev
geriatric

WORDS THAT END LIKE GERARDIA

Acadia
Arcadia
Cambodia
epicardia
exordia
hoodia
India
intermedia
La Guardia
Lombardia
Lydia
mass media
mixed media
new media
news media
Odia
podia
primordia
print media
social media

Synonyms and antonyms of gerardia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gerardia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GERARDIA

Find out the translation of gerardia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gerardia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gerardia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gerardia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gerardia
570 millions of speakers

English

gerardia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gerardia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gerardia
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Gerardia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gerardia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gerardia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gérardie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gerardia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gerardia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gerardia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gerardia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gerardia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Gerardia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gerardia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गॅरार्डिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gerardia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Gerardia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gerardia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Gerardia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gerardia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Gerardia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gerardia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Gerardia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Gerardia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gerardia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GERARDIA»

The term «gerardia» is used very little and occupies the 158.166 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GERARDIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gerardia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GERARDIA»

Discover the use of gerardia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gerardia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America, ...
Agalims (Gerardia) Annual or, rarely, perennial herbs; stems erect, branching, leaves opposite, or upper leaves alternate on flowering stems, rarely all but lowest leaves alternate or subopposite, sessile, entire; calyx 5-lobed; corolla pink , ...
Garrett E. Crow, Norman C. Fassett, C. Barre Hellquist, 2006
2
The Scrophulariaceae of Eastern Temperate North America
Gerardia maritima Rafinesque (Map 113) A maritime species, derived from the ancestral stock of Gerardia purpurea L. I am maintaining its division into two subspecies, although realizing that the northern plant with smaller growth, blunter  ...
Francis Whittier Pennell, 1935
3
A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-central ...
PURPLE GERARDIA Gerardia purpurea See also color plate, p. 220. Gerardias have pink-purple bell- like flowers in leaf axils, paired linear leaves. 18 species in our area; recognition often technical. This, the largest, has downy flowers (about  ...
Roger Tory Peterson, Margaret McKenny, 1996
4
Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Tennessee
T scrophulariaceae Agaunis decemloba (Greene) Pennell Gerardia decemloba Greene fasciculata (Elliott) Raf. Gerardia fasciculata Elliott gattingeri (Small) Small Gerardia gattingeri Small obtusifolia Raf. Gerardia obtusifolia (Raf.) Pennell ...
B. Eugene Wofford, Robert Kral, 1993
5
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In ...
In which the Most Ornamental Foreign Plants, Cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-house, and the Stove, are Accurately Represented in Their Natural Colours ... John Sims. Gerardia purpurea. Purple Gerardia.' C/ass and Order.
John Sims, 1819
6
Wildflowers of Houston and Southeast Texas
PRAIRIE GERARDIA Agalinis heterophylla Prairie agalinis Scrophulariaceae Snapdragon Family SIZE Plant : To 3 feet. Flower: 3A-1 inch, 5-lobed. LEAVES !/ 2-2 inches. Lower cleft: upper small and narrow. BLOOMS August - November ...
John Tveten, Gloria Tveten, 2010
7
Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses
Agalinis False foxglove or Gerardia Scrophulariaceae Upright, slender-stemmed annual herbs (except for the perennial A. tenuifolia), with narrow, opposite leaves . Showy late-summer or fall flowers in racemes, pink to rose-purple usually with ...
James Howard Miller, Karl V. Miller, 2005
8
Vascular Plants of Texas: A Comprehensive Checklist ...
K. Small A. heterophylla (T. Nuttall) J. K. Small ex N. Britton Sy = Gerardia heterophylla T. Nuttall A. homalantha F. Pennell Sy = Gerardia homalantha (F. Pennell) F. Pennell A. maritima (C. Rafinesque-Schmaltz) C. Rafinesque- Schmaltz var.
Stanley D. Jones, Joseph K. Wipff, Paul M. Montgomery, 1997
9
Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Southeastern ...
[Gerardia maritima Raf.] Figwort Family Scrophulariaceae Description: Low and medium-height, erect, annual fleshy herb, often 4 inches tall but sometimes to 24 inches; fleshy leaves simple, entire, and linear (up to 1 % inches long and up to ...
Ralph W. Tiner, 1993
10
A Flora of Southern Illinois
CIT.: Carbondale Reservoir, October, 1953, Bell; Turkey Bayou, September 2, 1952, BS 2878B; Thompson's Lake, September 16, 1948, Bailey and Hcmkla 623 . Gerardia L. 1. Calyx conspicuously veiny . . . . . . . . 2 2. Stems and leaves harshly ...
Robert H. Mohlenbrock, John Voigt, 1974

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GERARDIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gerardia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Image of Shakespeare Discovered in Botanical Tome
Apart from his Herball or Generall Histore of Plantes, he has found even more permanent botanical acknowledgement: The genus Gerardia is ... «Canada Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Report: Diversity of New England plant life is threatened
... Jesup's milk-vetch, a federally endangered species found in three places along the Connecticut River and nowhere else; sandplain gerardia, ... «Seacoastonline.com, Mar 15»
3
Agalinis Acuta, Phantom Flower
The flower whose scent I was now equipped to smell was the Agalinis acuta, or sandplain gerardia: a very small, very pink flower that is the ... «The New Yorker, Oct 14»
4
Will Amelia Earhart Help Unlock Secrets of Climate Change
The corals that live at depths of 400 to 500 meters include Gold Coral (species Gerardia), which are among the oldest living organisms on the ... «Huffington Post, Jun 14»
5
Rita Rasmussen
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Rasmussen (March 18, 1996); son, Randy (August 1, 1966); infant daughter, Gerardia ... «Mason City Globe Gazette, Jun 13»
6
Weird Animals: Crabs With Ultraviolet Vision Among Seafloor …
Picture of the bioluminescence of the deep-sea zoanthid Gerardia, along with the bioluminescence of an unknown planktonic animal (as shot ... «Huffington Post, Sep 12»
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Despite Protections, Botanists Fear Drought's Toll on a Pink-Petaled …
There are only 12 known populations of sandplain gerardia (Agalinis acuta) in the country, and six of them grow on Long Island — but nowhere ... «New York Times, Sep 12»
8
Big Bend search yields few butterflies
Among their larval host plants are gerardia, plantain and ceniza - a few of the blooming plants in the parched park. Adults feed on nectaring ... «Houston Chronicle, Aug 12»
9
Top 10 US Endangered Species Threatened by Overpopulation
Others are seeing their habitat dangerously altered — like the small flowering sandplain gerardia in New England — or, like the bluefin tuna, ... «Center for Biological Diversity, Oct 11»
10
3-D Artwork in Action
"The Aesthetic Code," which will be on display through April 3, includes the works of Helen Gerardia, James Forbes, Erik Desmazieres, ... «UA News, Nov 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Gerardia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gerardia>. May 2024 ».
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