Definition of Genus Carthamus

1. Noun. Safflower.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Carthamus

genus Carduelis
genus Carduus
genus Caretta
genus Carex
genus Cariama
genus Carica
genus Carissa
genus Carlina
genus Carnegiea
genus Carpenteria
genus Carphophis
genus Carpinus
genus Carpobrotus
genus Carpocapsa
genus Carpodacus
genus Carthamus (current term)
genus Carum
genus Carya
genus Caryocar
genus Caryota
genus Casmerodius
genus Castanea
genus Castanopsis
genus Castilleia
genus Castilleja
genus Castor
genus Castoroides

Literary usage of Genus Carthamus

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

1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"a protecting piece or cover, casing, case. carthame, m. safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) ; any plant of the genus Carthamus. ear t ham I ne, ..."

2. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1868)
"I undergo, that in a series of species in the genus Carthamus, one of the Composites, a tendency in the seeds to the ..."

3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1820)
"GARTNER, who does not consider it to belong to the genus CARTHAMUS, retains the name of ATRACTYLIS. Either this plant varies much with respect to its ..."

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