Definition of Genus Teucrium

1. Noun. Large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia.

Exact synonyms: Teucrium
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Germander

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Teucrium

genus Tephrosia
genus Terebella
genus Teredo
genus Termes
genus Terrapene
genus Terrietia
genus Testudo
genus Tethus
genus Tetraclinis
genus Tetragonia
genus Tetragonurus
genus Tetrahymena
genus Tetraneuris
genus Tetrao
genus Tetrapturus
genus Teucrium (current term)
genus Thalarctos
genus Thalictrum
genus Thamnophilus
genus Thamnophis
genus Thelypteris
genus Theobroma
genus Thermobia
genus Thermopsis
genus Thespesia
genus Thevetia
genus Thielavia
genus Thiobacillus
genus Thlaspi

Literary usage of Genus Teucrium

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

1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... Teucrium montanum, &c., the hosts being invariably species of the genus Teucrium. Suppose a bill thickly covered with plants comprising Teucrium ..."

2. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents Of The Committee On Common Problems Of by Joe Cain (2004)
"The genus Teucrium is an herbaceous or sometimes shrubby genus which is represented in the new world by two species groups which differ markedly in growth ..."

3. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"A plant of the genus Teucrium. WATER GILDING. The process of gilding by the application of an amalgam of gold to the surface of metals ; the mercury being ..."

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