Definition of Genus Ambrosia

1. Noun. Comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ambrosia

genus Alsophila
genus Alstonia
genus Alstroemeria
genus Alternanthera
genus Althaea
genus Alyssum
genus Alytes
genus Amanita
genus Amaranthus
genus Amaryllis
genus Amauropelta
genus Amazona
genus Amberboa
genus Ambloplites
genus Amblyrhynchus
genus Ambrosia (current term)
genus Ambystoma
genus Ameiurus
genus Amelanchier
genus Amia
genus Amianthum
genus Ammobium
genus Ammodytes
genus Ammotragus
genus Amoeba
genus Amorpha
genus Amorphophallus
genus Amphibolips
genus Amphicarpa
genus Amphicarpaea

Literary usage of Genus Ambrosia

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

1. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies by Edward Pollock Anshutz (1900)
"... attention has been called to the species of the genus Ambrosia (the Rag Weeds) as being, through the agency of their pollen, the cause of hay fever. ..."

2. California Plants in Their Homes: A Botanical Reader for Children by Alice Merritt Davidson (1898)
"The Ambrosia tribe, in spite of its mellifluous name, contains some ugly weeds; the genus Ambrosia includes the rag-weed, so troublesome in Eastern States, ..."

3. The Climatic Treatment of Children by Frederick L. Wachenheim (1907)
"Britton and Brown2 give the following distribution for the genus Ambrosia : Nova Scotia to Florida, west to British Columbia and Mexico. ..."

4. With Feet to the Earth by Charles Montgomery Skinner (1899)
"Was the desperation of Latin naming ever shown better than in dubbing this genus ambrosia? That was food for the gods. The pigs don't eat this, I think, ..."

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