Definition of Genus Lamium

1. Noun. Genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbits.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lamium

genus Lagarostrobus
genus Lagenaria
genus Lagenophera
genus Lagerstroemia
genus Lagidium
genus Lagodon
genus Lagopus
genus Lagorchestes
genus Lagostomus
genus Lagothrix
genus Laguncularia
genus Lama
genus Lambertia
genus Lambis
genus Laminaria
genus Lamium (current term)
genus Lamna
genus Lampris
genus Lampropeltis
genus Languas
genus Lanius
genus Lansium
genus Lanthanotus
genus Laportea
genus Lappula
genus Lardizabala
genus Larix
genus Larrea
genus Larus
genus Lasiocampa

Literary usage of Genus Lamium

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

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1833)
"Thus the varieties and the species of the genus Lamium in Botany are placed together because of their general affinities; ..."

2. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"A common name for the genus Lamium, a few species of which have become naturalized in thiscountry to such an extent as to be troublesome. Natives of Europe. ..."

3. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"... the labiate genus Lamium. \ETTLE RASH (urticaria), an eruptive disor- •":: characterized by the appearance of patches ..."

4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"genus Lamium LAMIUM (Greek, laimos, throat, from the form of the corolla). A genus of about forty annual and perennial herbs, with square, hairy stems, ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"Dead nettle is the common name for plants of the labiate genus Lamium. METTLE BASH (urticaria), an eruptive disorder characterized by the appearance of ..."

6. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"... means "dense blossom" in allusion to the compact inflorescences of this genus. The genus Lamium, from which the family name Lam- ..."

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