Definition of Genus Robinia

1. Noun. Deciduous flowering trees and shrubs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Robinia

genus Rhodymenia
genus Rhus
genus Rhyacotriton
genus Rhynchoelaps
genus Rhyncostylis
genus Rhynia
genus Ribes
genus Richea
genus Richmondena
genus Ricinus
genus Rickettsia
genus Riparia
genus Rissa
genus Rivina
genus Rivulus
genus Robinia (current term)
genus Roccella
genus Roccus
genus Rodolia
genus Romneya
genus Roridula
genus Rorippa
genus Rosa
genus Rosellinia
genus Rosmarinus
genus Roystonea
genus Rubia
genus Rubus
genus Rudbeckia
genus Rumex

Literary usage of Genus Robinia

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

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"The genus Robinia was named in honour of Jean ... I HE trees of the genus Robinia are chiefly natives of North America, and are highly prized for their use ..."

2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
".Genus ROBINIA, Linn. Trees of the genus Robinia have slender, angled branchlets usually set with paired prickles which are the spiny stipules of leaves, ..."

3. History of the Lumber Industry of America by James Elliott Defebaugh (1906)
"1J8" The genus Robinia Is North American. Four species Inhabit the territory of the United States : and two. or possibly more, very Imperfectly known, ..."

4. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1840)
"... we trust, proved that Mr. Rivers has "confused " the genus Robinia, instead of throwing any light upon it ; and we can assure our readers that he has ..."

5. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"They are North American trees, bearing nodding racemes of white or rose-coloured flowers. The genus Robinia formerly comprehended the plante now included ..."

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