Definition of Genus Staphylea

1. Noun. A genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae.

Exact synonyms: Staphylea
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Bladdernut Family, Family Staphylaceae, Staphylaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Staphylea

genus Spirogyra
genus Spirula
genus Spizella
genus Spodoptera
genus Spondias
genus Sporobolus
genus Spraguea
genus Spyeria
genus Squalus
genus Squatina
genus Squilla
genus Stachys
genus Stanhopea
genus Stanleya
genus Stapelia
genus Staphylea (current term)
genus Staphylococcus
genus Staurikosaurus
genus Steatornis
genus Steganopus
genus Stegosaurus
genus Stelis
genus Stellaria
genus Stenocarpus
genus Stenochlaena
genus Stenopelmatus
genus Stenopterygius
genus Stenotaphrum
genus Stenotomus
genus Stenotus

Literary usage of Genus Staphylea

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

1. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"The only hardy ligneous plants belonging to this order are contained in the genus Staphylea. genus Staphylea A L. THE STAPHYLEA, or BLADDER-NUT TREE. Lin. ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Tasteby Luther Tucker by Luther Tucker (1851)
"Of the trees, shrubs, &c. my time will not at present permit any extended remarks. The genus Staphylea affords three species, one native of our country, ..."

3. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"A handsome American shrub of the genus Staphylea, the S. trifolio, called also three-leaved bladder-nut. [See STAPHYLEA.] BLAD'DER-WORT, n. ..."

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