Definition of Genus cabomba

1. Noun. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants.

Exact synonyms: Cabomba
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cabombaceae, Subfamily Cabombaceae, Water-shield Family
Member holonyms: Cabomba Caroliniana, Fanwort, Water-shield

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cabomba

genus Buddleia
genus Budorcas
genus Bufo
genus Bulnesia
genus Bumelia
genus Bungarus
genus Buphthalmum
genus Burhinus
genus Burmannia
genus Burmeisteria
genus Bursera
genus Butea
genus Buteo
genus Buxus
genus Cabomba
genus Cacajao
genus Cacalia
genus Cacatua
genus Cacicus
genus Cadra
genus Caenolestes
genus Caesalpinia
genus Caiman
genus Cairina
genus Cajanus
genus Cakile
genus Caladenia
genus Caladium
genus Calamagrostis

Literary usage of Genus cabomba

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

1. Icones Plantarum: Or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1844)
"A careful examination and consideration of the flowers of the four species of which the genus Cabomba now consists, have led me to an opinion somewhat at ..."

2. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1896)
"Finely-cut leaves occur only in the genus Cabomba, the greater number of which are submerged even in the adult state of the plant. ..."

3. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"superior and the small petals bear nectaries ; the conspicuous calyx renders the flower attractive. In the American genus Cabomba (Fig. ..."

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