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Definition of Loranthus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Loranthaceae, Loranthaceae, Mistletoe Family
Member holonyms: Loranthus Europaeus, Mistletoe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loranthus
Literary usage of Loranthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"The reduction goes further in Viscum articulatum and Loranthus ... A similar
development appears in Loranthus penta- drus. If we compare it with that found ..."
2. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock (1893)
"Viscum et Loranthus, 8P« var- IQ the Pharmacopoeia or India, the leaves of a ...
species of Loranthus found on the Nilgiris, growing on Nux Vomica trees, ..."
3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"Stone- cells are not uncommonly present in the primary cortex (Loranthus, ...
The structure of the wood has been examined in Viscum album, L., Loranthus ..."
4. A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa by James Backhouse (1844)
"Inquisitiveness.—Butterworth.—Visit of W. Fynn to N'capai.—Surprise at the power
of conveying ideas by means of writing.—Dingaan.—Rocks. —Fires.—Loranthus. ..."
5. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"This explains the curiously grooved cavities or cup-shaped hollows in the wood
of trees which have been attacked by Loranthus. Some species of Viscum throw ..."
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