Definition of Genus Cirsium

1. Noun. Plume thistles.

Exact synonyms: Cirsium
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Plume Thistle, Plumed Thistle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cirsium

genus Chunga
genus Cibotium
genus Cicada
genus Cicer
genus Cichorium
genus Ciconia
genus Cicuta
genus Cimex
genus Cimicifuga
genus Cinchona
genus Cinclus
genus Cinnamomum
genus Circaea
genus Circaetus
genus Circus
genus Cirsium (current term)
genus Cistothorus
genus Cistus
genus Citellus
genus Citharichthys
genus Citroncirus
genus Citrullus
genus Citrus
genus Cladonia
genus Cladorhyncus
genus Cladrastis
genus Clangula
genus Clathrus
genus Claviceps
genus Claytonia

Literary usage of Genus Cirsium

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

1. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"... large bracted heads of yellow flowers. Native of Europe, scarcely naturalized southwards. The genus Cirsium, is included in the genus by some botanists. ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Londonby Royal Society (Great Britain) by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"He graduated at Zurich in 1840 with a botanical dissertation, the subject of which •was the Swiss species of the genus Cirsium. Within a short time of his ..."

3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... in support of this supposition is derived from experiments made in connection with the crossing of various composites of the Thistle genus (Cirsium). ..."

4. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to by William Hemsley Emory (1848)
"... slightly cleft corolla tube, and in several other characters, so that it should perhaps form the type of a distinct genus. Cirsium undulatum, Spreng. ..."

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