Definition of Genus Poterium

1. Noun. A genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae.

Exact synonyms: Poterium
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Burnet Bloodwort, Pimpernel, Poterium Sanguisorba, Salad Burnet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Poterium

genus Pooecetes
genus Popillia
genus Populus
genus Porcellio
genus Poronotus
genus Porphyra
genus Porphyrio
genus Porphyrula
genus Portulaca
genus Portunus
genus Porzana
genus Potamogale
genus Potamogeton
genus Potamophis
genus Potentilla
genus Poterium (current term)
genus Pothos
genus Potorous
genus Potos
genus Pouteria
genus Praunus
genus Prenanthes
genus Presbytes
genus Priacanthus
genus Primula
genus Prinia
genus Priodontes
genus Prionace
genus Prionotus
genus Pristis

Literary usage of Genus Poterium

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Focke, however (Engler & Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien), re-defines the genus Poterium to include one species, the P. spinosum of S. Eu., ..."

2. The Fortnightly Review (1877)
"... by insects and possess nectaries; but, as Delpino has pointed out, the genus Poterium is anemophilous, or wind fertilised, and possesses no honey. ..."

3. Scientific Lectures by John Lubbock (1890)
"Thus, most of the Rosaceae are fertilized by insects, and possess nectaries; but, as Delpino has pointed out, the genus Poterium is anemophilous, ..."

4. Flowers, Fruits and Leaves by John Lubbock (1894)
"Thus, most of the Rosaceae are fertilised by insects, and possess nectaries ; but, as Delpino has pointed out, the genus Poterium is anemophilous, ..."

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