Definition of Athrotaxis

1. Noun. A genus of gymnosperm.

Exact synonyms: Genus Athrotaxis
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Cupressaceae, Cypress Family, Family Cupressaceae
Member holonyms: Athrotaxis Selaginoides, King William Pine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Athrotaxis

Athenian
Athenians
Athens
Atherinidae
Atherinopsis
Atherinopsis californiensis
Atherton
Atherurus
Athinai
Athiorhodaceae
Athirne
Athletic
Athletics
Athol Fugard
Athos
Athrotaxis
Athrotaxis selaginoides
Athyriaceae
Athyrium
Athyrium distentifolium
Athyrium filix-femina
Athyrium pycnocarpon
Athyrium thelypteroides
Atikamekw
Ativan
Atkin
Atkins
Atkins Nutritional Approach
Atkins diet
Atkinson

Literary usage of Athrotaxis

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

1. Veitch's Manual of the Coniferae: Containing a General Review of the Order by Adolphus Henry Kent (1900)
"The striking resemblance of the species of athrotaxis to the fossil remains of a Conifer found in the Upper Oolite (Mesozoic) of Solenhofen, ..."

2. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1890)
"... fortunate enough to discover a large patch of splendidly preserved athrotaxis (Sequoia ... and do not belong to Sequoia, but distinctly to athrotaxis. ..."

3. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1888)
"Both Sequoias produce shoots from the root after the stem is cut away. The genus Sequoia can be reduced to athrotaxis,, as shown by Bentham and J. Hooker. ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Smaller cones, less than an inch long, occur in the larch, athrotaxis ... in the scales of athrotaxis (Tasmania) a prominent rounded ridge occupies a ..."

5. Text-book of Botany: Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1875)
"says, in reference to Dammara, Cunninghamia, athrotaxis, and Sequoia:—'The scales of a cone are in these genera all of one kind; they consist simply of open ..."

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