Definition of Gnetum gnemon

1. Noun. Small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour.

Exact synonyms: Gnetum
Group relationships: Genus Gnetum
Generic synonyms: Gymnospermous Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnetum Gnemon

Gmailers
Gmelin's test
GnRH
Gnaeus Julius Agricola
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Gnaphalium sylvaticum
Gnat
Gnathostomata
Gnawa
Gnawas
Gnetaceae
Gnetales
Gnetophyta
Gnetophytina
Gnetopsida
Gnetum gnemon (current term)
Gnostic
Gnosticism
Gnostics
GoF
GoS
Go Fish
Goa
Goa powder
Goa powders
Goan
Goans
Gobannian
Gobelin
Gobelins

Literary usage of Gnetum gnemon

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

1. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"Gnetum gnemon: A, & young embryo at the tip of a ... del Gnetum gnemon L. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 7: 91-99. 1877. 5. STRASBURGER, E. Die Angiospermen und ..."

2. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"... by a Malayan species, Gnetum gnemon, which exists also in the Solomon group with other species of the genus (Guppy's Solomon Islands, pp. 288, 301). ..."

3. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"Family GNETACEAE Genus GNETUM Gnetum gnemon L. BAGO. A description of this species and its local names are given in the bulletin on fibers. ..."

4. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1900)
"... a very complete series of stages in the development of Gnetum gnemon from the earliest appearance of the flowers up to the formation of the embryo. ..."

5. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"the same way as happens in the Angiospermae. The formation of the cell-tea.: FlG. 405. Gnetum gnemon. Megaspore. To the right, above, another above, ..."

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