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Definition of Genus Crambe
1. Noun. Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Crambe Maritima, Sea Cole, Sea Kale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Crambe
Literary usage of Genus Crambe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1847)
"Frequently the upper ovule alone is developed into a seed here, while the lower
is often, and in the genus Crambe pretty constantly, abortive. ..."
2. An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest Improvements of by William Withering (1830)
"Summit bifid, (in two sharp recurved reticulated calyx. E.) PBs. The Essential
Character consists in the forked filament, 3s in the genus Crambe. Linn. ..."
3. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"The Cup closes and contains the seeds. SEEDS 4, somewhat egg-shaped. OBS.
The essential character consists in the forked filament, as in the genus Crambe. ..."
4. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"The former comprehends ten genera, amongst which are the Cochlearia Armoracia or
Horse-radish, with other species of the same genus, Crambe Marítima or ..."
5. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita, juxta methodum in by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1789)
"... genus ? CRAMBE, TL * RAPISTRUM , T. »Calls modice patens. Pétala unguiculata ,
ápice paremia. ..."
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