Definition of Genus Dolichos

1. Noun. Genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma.

Exact synonyms: Dolichos
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dolichos

genus Diplodocus
genus Diplopterygium
genus Diplotaxis
genus Dipodomys
genus Dipogon
genus Dipsacus
genus Dipsosaurus
genus Dipteronia
genus Dipteryx
genus Dipus
genus Dirca
genus Disa
genus Discina
genus Dodonaea
genus Dolichonyx
genus Dolichos (current term)
genus Dolichotis
genus Doliolum
genus Dombeya
genus Doodia
genus Doronicum
genus Dorotheanthus
genus Doryopteris
genus Dovyalis
genus Draba
genus Dracaena
genus Draco
genus Dracocephalum
genus Dracontium
genus Dracula

Literary usage of Genus Dolichos

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

1. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"This Is one of the genera founded upon plants originally referred to the old Linnaean genus Dolichos, belonging to the papilionaceous division of the ..."

2. An Introduction to Systematic and Physiological Botany by Thomas Nuttall (1827)
"... with others now cultivated, which belong to the genus Dolichos, where none of this twisting of the stamens and keel is to be found ; and, in addition, ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... во nearly allied to the genus Dolichos (qv) as to be often included in it. It is a native of China, Japan, and the Moluccas, and is much cultivated in ..."

4. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"... so nearly allied to the genus Dolichos (qv) as to be often included in it. It is a native of China, Japan, and the Moluccas, and is much cultivated in ..."

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