Definition of Dipteronia

1. Noun. Small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China.

Exact synonyms: Genus Dipteronia
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Aceraceae, Family Aceraceae, Maple Family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipteronia

Dipodomys ordi
Dipodomys phillipsii
Dipogon
Dipogon lignosus
Dipper
Dippers
Dipsacaceae
Dipsacus
Dipsacus fullonum
Dipsacus sativus
Dipsacus sylvestris
Dipsosaurus
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Diptera
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipteronia (current term)
Dipteryx
Dipteryx odorata
Dipu
Dipus
Dipus sagitta
Dipylidium caninum
Dipylon
Dipylon gate
Dirac
Dirac constant
Dirac delta function
Dirac equation
Dirac fermion
Dirac fermions

Literary usage of Dipteronia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"Two genera are recognized, Dipteronia, a monotypic Chinese genus, and Acer, the maples proper. The latter genus is divided into thirteen sections, ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"The family consists of the following genus and Dipteronia Oliver, of central Asia, which differs from Acer in the samara being winged all around. ..."

3. A naturalist in western China: with vasculum, camera, and gun; being some by Ernest Henry Wilson, Charles Sprague Sargent (1913)
"Beech, Yellow-wood and Dipteronia sinensis were common trees en route. The road is one long succession of ascents and descents and most fatiguing. ..."

4. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1922)
"A family of two genera, one widely distributed, the other, Dipteronia, distinguished by the broad wings encircling the mature carpels, and represented by a ..."

5. Hand-list of Trees and Shrubs, Excluding Coniferae, Grown in Arboretum by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1902)
"Chron. 1877, TU. 72, f. 10; 1891, x. 11, f. 2. Caucasus. Dipteronia sinensis, Oliver ; Hook. Icon. Plant. t. 1898. Central China. Staphylea Bumalda, Sieb. ..."

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