Definition of Genus Albuca

1. Noun. Genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae.

Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Albuca

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Albuca

genus Agriocharis
genus Agrobacterium
genus Agropyron
genus Agrostemma
genus Agrostis
genus Ailanthus
genus Ailuropoda
genus Ailurus
genus Aix
genus Ajaia
genus Ajuga
genus Alauda
genus Albatrellus
genus Albizia
genus Albizzia
genus Albuca (current term)
genus Albugo
genus Albula
genus Alca
genus Alcea
genus Alcedo
genus Alcelaphus
genus Alces
genus Aldrovanda
genus Alectis
genus Alectoria
genus Alectoris
genus Alectura
genus Alepisaurus
genus Aletris

Literary usage of Genus Albuca

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

1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"An Account of the genus Albuca, in the Stockholm Transactions for 1784, in Swedish. 2. Observations on ihe Genus Begonia, in the Transactions of the ..."

2. Variation in Animals and Plants by Horace Middleton Vernon (1903)
"... of Lilium belonging to the group bulbiferum, and with some species of Hemerocallis; and JH Wilson affirms the same respecting the Cape genus Albuca, ..."

3. The Poetical Works of Erasmus Darwin ...: Containing the Botanic Garden, in by Erasmus Darwin (1806)
"... the Verbena of our country has four males; that of Sweden has but two; the genus Albuca, the Bignonia Catalpa, Gratiola, and hemlock-leaved Geranium, ..."

4. The Botanic Garden: A Poem in Two Parts Containing The Economy of Vegetation by Erasmus Darwin (1825)
"... the verbena of our country has four males ; that of Sweden has but two ; the genus albuca, the bignonia catalpa, gratiola, and hemlock-leaved geranium, ..."

5. Variations in Animals and Plants by Horace Middleton Vernon (1902)
"... and with some species of Hemerocallis; and JH Wilson affirms the same respecting the Cape genus Albuca, also belonging to the Liliaceae. ..."

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