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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eugenia \Eu*ge"ni*a\ ([-u]*j[=e]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL. Named in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy.] (Bot.) A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, from Latin, from Greek Eugenia, literally "nobility of birth," fem. of Eugenius (see Eugene).
Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any member of the genus ''Eugenia'' of myrtaceous plants.
Wikipedia
Eugenia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. The bulk of the approximately 1,000 species occur in the New World tropics, especially in the northern Andes, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Forest (coastal forests) of eastern Brazil. Other centers of diversity include New Caledonia and Madagascar. Many species new to science have been and are in the process of being described from these regions. For example, 37 new species of Eugenia have been described from Mesoamerica in the past few years. At least 20 new species are currently in the process of being described from New Caledonia, and approximately the same number of species new to science may occur in Madagascar. Despite the enormous ecological importance of the myrtle family in Australia (e.g. Eucalyptus, Corymbia, Angophora, Melaleuca, Callistemon, Rhodamnia, Gossia), only one species of Eugenia, E. reinwardtiana, occurs on that continent. The genus also is represented in Africa south of the Sahara, but it is relatively species-poor on that continent. In the past some botanists included the morphologically similar Old World genus Syzygium in Eugenia, but research by Rudolf Schmid in the early 1970s convinced most botanists that the genera are easily separable. Research by van Wyk and colleagues in South Africa suggests the genus may comprise at least two major lineages, recognizable by anatomical and other features.
All species are woody evergreen trees and shrubs. Several are grown as ornamental plants for their attractive glossy foliage, and a few produce edible fruit that are eaten fresh or used in jams and jellies.
Eugenia species are sometimes used as food plants by the larvae of hepialid moths of the genera Aenetus (including A. splendens) and Endoclita (including E. damor and E. malabaricus). Aenetus species burrow horizontally into the trunk then vertically down. Other Lepidoptera larvae which feed on Eugenia include Eupseudosoma aberrans and Snowy Eupseudosoma.
The genus was named in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy.
Eugenia is a genus of plants.
Eugenia may also refer to:
- Eugenia, Ontario, Canada
- Eugenia (given name), and persons with it
- Eugenia (telenovela), Mexican telenovela
- Metro Eugenia, a train station
-
, a ship
- 45 Eugenia, an asteroid
Eugenia is a feminine first name related to the masculine name Eugene that comes from the Greek eugenes "well-born," from eu- "well" + Sanskrit (Sanskrit language)-Ajah/Janm "born." Variants include Eugénia ( Portuguese), Eugénie ( French), Eugènia ( Catalan), Uxía ( Galician), Eugenija ( Lithuanian) and Yevgeniya or Yevgenia .
Many people have had this name, including:
- Saint Eugenia of Rome, died 258
- Blessed Eugenia Smet (1825–1871), a saint
- Princess Eugenie of York (born 1990), British royalty
- Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633), daughter of Philip II of Spain
- Eugenia Bonetti, 21st century, Italian nun
- Eugênia Câmara (1837–1879), Portuguese actress
- Dame Eugenia Charles (1919–2005), Prime Minister of Dominica
- Evgenia Kanaeva (born 1990), Russian rhythmic gymnast, Two-time Olympic champion
- Eugenia Kisimova (1831–1885) Bulgarian women's rights activist
- Eugenia Errázuriz (1860–1951), Chilean patron of the arts
- Eugenia Manolidou (born 1975), Greek composer and conductor
- Evgenia Medvedeva (born 1999), Russian ladies figure skater
- Eugenia de Montijo (1826–1920), wife of Napoleon III of France
- Eugenia Popa (born 1973), Romanian gymnast
- Eugenia Popescu-Județ (1925–2011), Romanian dancer
- Eugenia Price (1916–1996), American author
- Eugenia Smith (1899–1997) claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
- María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira (1875–1924), Uruguayan teacher and poet
- Eugenia Volodina (born 1984), Russian supermodel
- Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg (1887–1969), consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain
- Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904–1977), Russian historian and writer
- Yevgeniya Rudneva (1920–1944), Soviet (Ukrainian) World War II female combat pilot
- Genė Galinytė (born 1945), Lithuanian rower
- Gene Tierney (1920–1991), American film and stage actress
Eugenia is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa for Telesistema Mexicano in 1963.
Usage examples of "eugenia".
Behind her came her daughter, Eugenia, prettily gowned in white silk, with a stocky gentleman, undoubtedly Lord Bennington, whose fair hair gleamed with pomade.
The next dance was forming, and Lord Bennington, with apparent boredom, was leading Eugenia, all smiles, to the set.
EMILY DICKENSON Chapter Thirty-six Thursday, August 29, 1867 Boise City, Idaho Territory My dear Aunt Eugenia and dearest Shannon, We arrived in Boise yesterday, and as much as I loved my native Georgia, I think I am going to feel very much at home here.
Eugenia had realised at once that Mr Grenfell was brimming over with new ideas and spent the first enthusiastic six months carrying them out, marvelling the while that he had never so much as hinted to Sister Atkins that he had them in mind.
Eugenia, that the sooner -the executors are satisfied, the sooner the Leabrook will be able to move the Daventry glass collection here to the museum.
Eugenia paused in her unpacking to lean her elbows on the sill and gaze around her.
Eugenia watched Cyrus remove the worn leather jacket he had put on over his aloha shirt and lower himself into a chair.
That young lady, reflected Eugenia, had changed overnight, as it were, from a chrysalis into a butterfly.
And Eugenia had never looked at him again after she had seen Crile – never seriously looked at him.
When Colfax declares they must pose as a couple, Eugenia protests in terms as loud as his Hawaiian shirts.
It glowed in the carefully lit display cases, fragile but powerful links to the past that never failed to enthrall Eugenia.
He drew back farther into the eugenias, convinced that she possessed the power to see him as clearly as he saw her.
Sheener's place was further cloaked by overgrown shrubbery-azaleas, eugenias, and red-flowering hibiscus.
When she got there and stepped into the yard, she found that old eugenias were planted along the iron fence to the left and right of the gate.
As I rounded the curve, the eugenias gave way to low borders of white sun azaleas and the drive flattened to a broad S that cut through a rising swath of emerald lawn.