Bot. (early mod.L. ūvulāria, f. med.L. ūvula UVULA.]
† 1. The S. European shrub Ruscus Hypoglossum.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Uvularia, the Herb Horsetongue.
2. One or other species of Uvularia, a small liliaceous genus typical of the tribe Uvulareæ of melanthaceous plants.
1829. Loudon, Encycl. Plants, 271. A plant like an Uvularia in habit.
1846. Lindley, Veg. Kingd., 199. Uvularias are said to be simply astringent.
1850. Miss Warner, Wide Wide World, xl. Wild columbine, the delicate corydalis, and more uvularias, which she called yellow bells.
