Definition of Genus arenga

1. Noun. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Arenga

genus Archidiskidon
genus Archilochus
genus Architeuthis
genus Archosargus
genus Arctictis
genus Arctium
genus Arctocebus
genus Arctocephalus
genus Arctonyx
genus Arctostaphylos
genus Arctotis
genus Ardea
genus Ardisia
genus Areca
genus Arenaria
genus Arenga
genus Arethusa
genus Argemone
genus Argentina
genus Argentinosaurus
genus Argiope
genus Argonauta
genus Argusianus
genus Argynnis
genus Argyranthemum
genus Argyreia
genus Argyrotaenia
genus Argyroxiphium
genus Arilus
genus Ariocarpus

Literary usage of Genus arenga

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

1. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"It is is one of five species of the genus " Arenga" which chiefly inhabit the islands of the Indian Archipelago, although they also grow on the continent of ..."

2. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"genus arenga,* Labill. Kunth, Enum. Pl., iii, p. 197. Species 2 or 3, natives of Tropical Asia. 277. ..."

3. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... This is one of the genus Arenga, five species of which chiefly inhabit the islands of the Eastern Archipelago. They are all handsome trees, ..."

4. Bruin; or, The grand bear hunt by Mayne Reid (1861)
"... is a species of the genus arenga. It is one of tH " cabbage " palms; that is, its young leaves before expanding are eaten by the natives as a vegetable- ..."

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