Definition of Genus Helwingia

1. Noun. Deciduous dioecious shrubs native to woodland thickets in low mountains in Japan.

Exact synonyms: Helwingia
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cornaceae, Dogwood Family, Family Cornaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Helwingia

genus Helianthemum
genus Helianthus
genus Helichrysum
genus Helicteres
genus Heliobacter
genus Heliophila
genus Heliopsis
genus Heliothis
genus Helipterum
genus Helix
genus Helleborus
genus Helminthostachys
genus Heloderma
genus Helotium
genus Helvella
genus Helwingia (current term)
genus Helxine
genus Hemachatus
genus Hemerocallis
genus Hemigalus
genus Hemigrammus
genus Hemipteronatus
genus Hemitripterus
genus Hepatica
genus Heracleum
genus Heritiera
genus Hermannia
genus Hermissenda
genus Hernaria
genus Herpestes

Literary usage of Genus Helwingia

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

1. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1850)
"Several kinds of Celastrus are very frequent under-shrubs, but none in greater profusion than a new species of the Japan genus Helwingia. ..."

2. Gardeners' Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, Floriculture, and Natural Science by Thomas Moore, William P Ayres (1850)
"... but none in greater profusion than a new species of the Japan genus Helwingia. The profusion of Arums in this region is quite remarkable. ..."

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