Definition of Helicteres

1. Noun. Genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another.

Exact synonyms: Genus Helicteres
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Screw Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helicteres

Helga
Heliamphora
Helianthemum canadense
Helianthemum scoparium
Helianthus angustifolius
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus giganteus
Helianthus laetiflorus
Helianthus maximilianii
Helianthus petiolaris
Helianthus tuberosus
Helichrysum bracteatum
Helichrysum secundiflorum
Helicidae
Heliconian
Helicteres (current term)
Helicteres isora
Helie
Helie's bundle
Heliobacter
Heliobacter pylori
Heliopolis
Helios
Heliothis
Heliothis zia
Heliozoa
Heliozoea
Helipterum
Helipterum manglesii

Literary usage of Helicteres

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

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1819)
"On comparing our plant with specimens from the East- Indies, it appears to us to agree exactly with them, and not with Helicteres jamaicensis, ..."

2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"Mr. Fr. Masson. Introd. 1790. Fl. May and June. GH ^. Helicteres. Gen. pi. 734. ... Helicteres jamaicensis. ..."

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