geiger tree — noun Etymology: after John Geiger fl ab 1832 American friend of Audubon : a small often shrubby tropical American evergreen tree (Cordia sebestena) with thick rough deep green leaves, orange or scarlet flowers borne in large open terminal… … Useful english dictionary
Geiger Key — is an island in the lower Florida Keys about convert|5|mi|km east of Key West. It is located to the south of, and bridged to, Big Coppitt Key via Boca Chica Road (Monroe County Road 941) at approximately mile marker 11 on U.S. 1 (or the Overseas… … Wikipedia
Geiger — The name Geiger (which means violinist ) can refer to:People * Abraham Geiger (1810 1874), German reform rabbi * Arno Geiger (born 1968), Austrian writer * Hans Geiger (1882 1945), inventor of the geiger counter (a device for detecting radiation) … Wikipedia
gei|ger tree — «GY guhr», a small tree of the West Indies, having heavy, hard, dark brown wood. It belongs to the borage family. ╂[< John Geiger, an American naturalist of the 1800 s] … Useful english dictionary
Cordia sebestena — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
sebesten — sə̇ˈbestən noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Arabic sibistān, from Persian segpistān 1. a. : an East Indian tree (Cordia myxa) with white flowers in loose terminal panicles called also Assyri … Useful english dictionary
Cordia — For the automobile, see Mitsubishi Cordia. Cordia Cordia boissieri in bloom Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Audubon House and Tropical Gardens — Infobox Museum name= Audubon House Tropical Gardens imagesize= 250px map type= latitude= 24.558316 longitude= 81.806117 established= location= 205 Whitehead Street Key West, Florida type= History visitors= director= curator= publictransit=… … Wikipedia
Boraginaceae — Taxobox name = Boraginaceae image width = 200px image caption = Forget me not ( Myosotis discolor ) regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida familia = Boraginaceae familia authority = Juss. subdivision ranks = Genera… … Wikipedia
Cordia — ▪ plant genus genus of more than 200 warm region New and Old World trees and shrubs, of the family Boraginaceae, many valued for their decorative clusters of red orange, yellow, or white papery blooms, for edible fruits, and for use as… … Universalium
