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Banksian

Banksian adjective: of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.

Adjective

Banksian (comparative more Banksian, superlative most Banksian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.
  2. Of or pertaining to Iain Banks (born 1954) or his writings, most notably a utopian style of science fiction.
    • Naturally it's compulsive Banksian reading, with lashings of gore, squalor, poison, torture and philosophy.2003, David Langford, Up Through an Empty House of Stars, page 214
    • […]the recurring motif of war and its symbolic Banksian appendage, the figure of the castle[…]2007, Ian Brown, The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature, page 255

Forms of Banksian

comparativemore Banksian
superlativemost Banksian

Origin of Banksian

From Banks + -ian.

Words formed from Banksian

  • Banksian pine
  • Banksian rose

Questions about Banksian

What does Banksian mean?
Banksian means of or pertaining to Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist.
What part of speech is Banksian?
Banksian is an adjective.

Words near Banksian in the dictionary

  1. bankshall
  2. bankshalls
  3. banksia
  4. Banksia Peninsula
  5. Banksiadale
  6. Banksian
  7. banksias
  8. bankside
  9. Bankside ladies
  10. Bankside lady
  11. banksides

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