Definition of Genus Spiraea

1. Noun. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae.

Exact synonyms: Spiraea
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Spiraea, Spirea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Spiraea

genus Sphacelotheca
genus Sphaeralcea
genus Sphaerocarpos
genus Sphaerocarpus
genus Sphagnum
genus Sphecius
genus Sphecotheres
genus Spheniscus
genus Sphenodon
genus Sphyraena
genus Sphyrapicus
genus Sphyrna
genus Spilogale
genus Spinacia
genus Spinus
genus Spiraea (current term)
genus Spiranthes
genus Spirillum
genus Spirochaeta
genus Spirodela
genus Spirogyra
genus Spirula
genus Spizella
genus Spodoptera
genus Spondias
genus Sporobolus
genus Spraguea
genus Spyeria
genus Squalus
genus Squatina

Literary usage of Genus Spiraea

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

1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"The genus Spiraea itself, as ordinarily understood, is resolved by him into several distinct genera, and the American species which have been referred to ..."

2. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"The genus Spiraea has typically pentamerous flowers with superior ovaries ; many species arc cultivated as ornamental ..."

3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"The genus Spiraea has one or more follicular, many- seeded carpels. Tt contains a large number of species, natives of Europe, Asia, and America, ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1888)
"belonging to the genus Spiraea,1 in the stein and root of Crepis fa-tida? and in the larvae of Chrysomela populi, which live on willows and poplars, ..."

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