Definition of Genus Linaria

1. Noun. Genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Linaria

genus Libocedrus
genus Lichanura
genus Ligularia
genus Ligustrum
genus Lilium
genus Limanda
genus Limax
genus Limenitis
genus Limnobium
genus Limnocryptes
genus Limnodromus
genus Limonium
genus Limosa
genus Limulus
genus Linanthus
genus Linaria (current term)
genus Lindera
genus Lindheimera
genus Linnaea
genus Linum
genus Liomys
genus Liopelma
genus Liparis
genus Liposcelis
genus Liquidambar
genus Liriodendron
genus Liriope
genus Listera
genus Listeria
genus Litchi

Literary usage of Genus Linaria

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

1. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"But the genus Linaria is united with many other genera, which are chiefly distinguished from it by some slight variations in the form of the bill, ..."

2. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter (1857)
"But the genus Linaria is united with many other genera, which are chiefly distinguished from it by some slight variations in the form of the bill, ..."

3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1839)
"... makes'the genus Linaria (Steph ) c.-u- sist of F. Linaria, Linn. ... species of the genus Linaria of authors, in addition to thô Common or Brown Linnet ..."

4. The Birds of Long Island by Jacob P. Giraud (1844)
"Ammodramus maritimus Gray Shore Finch " caudacutus Buff-breasted " " palustris Marth " genus Linaria. Linnet. Linaria pinus Pine Linnet " minor Lesser ..."

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