Definition of Genus asarum

1. Noun. Wild ginger.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Asarum

genus Armillaria
genus Armillariella
genus Armoracia
genus Arnica
genus Arnoseris
genus Arrhenatherum
genus Artamus
genus Artemia
genus Artemisia
genus Arthropteris
genus Artocarpus
genus Arum
genus Arundinaria
genus Arundo
genus Arvicola
genus Asarum
genus Ascaphus
genus Ascaridia
genus Ascaris
genus Asclepias
genus Ascophyllum
genus Asimina
genus Asio
genus Aspalathus
genus Asparagus
genus Aspergillus
genus Asperula
genus Asphodeline
genus Asphodelus
genus Aspidelaps

Literary usage of Genus asarum

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

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1911)
"The climbing species mostly belong to the genus Aristolochia while the ground-loving forms are found in the genus Asarum. The majority are found in the ..."

2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... different Valerians (Valeriana celtica, dioica, elongata, officinalis, P/m, saxatilis, Sic.), or of different species of the Asara- bacca genus (Asarum ..."

3. Collections for an Essay Towards a Materia Medica of the United States by Benjamin Smith Barton (1900)
"This plant has a number of different names, such as Ipecacuanha, Indian-Physic, Bowman's Root, &c. WE have several species of the genus Asarum, ..."

4. Flora Medica; a Botanical Account of All the More Important Plants Used in by John Lindley (1838)
"... reported to be a powerful remedy for the bites of serpents, is said by Dr. Hancock to be some plant of this genus. ASARUM. Calyx bell-shaped, coriaceous ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The genus Asarum is distinguished by twelve horned stamens, distinct from each other and from the style, and by a bell-shaped three-lobed perianth. ..."

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