Definition of Saururaceae

1. Noun. Family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Saururaceae

Saudi Arabians
Saudis
Sauk
Saul
Saul Bellow
Saul Steinberg
Saul of Tarsus
Sault Sainte Marie
Saundby's test
Saunders
Saurischia
Sauromalus
Sauromalus obesus
Sauropodomorpha
Saurosuchus
Saururaceae (current term)
Saururus
Saururus cernuus
Saussure
Saussurea
Saussurea costus
Saussurea lappa
Sauterne
Sauternes
Sauvignon blanc
Sauvignon grape
Sava
Savage's perineal body
Savage syndrome
Savagean

Literary usage of Saururaceae

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Saururaceae. Trees or shrubs ; staminale flowers, and sometimes also the pistillate, in aments. Leaves odd-pinnate ; fruit a nut enclosed in a husk. ..."

2. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"In the majority of cases the endosperm develops only in the micropylar chamber, in connection with the embryo, as in Saururaceae, Viscum (Loranthaceae), ..."

3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"114), nor that the Saururaceae are derived from the Piperaceae. The morphological features of the germination of the seed in Peperomia and ..."

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