Definition of Genus callirhoe

1. Noun. Small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers.

Exact synonyms: Callirhoe
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Poppy Mallow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Callirhoe

genus Calamagrostis
genus Calamintha
genus Calamus
genus Calandrinia
genus Calanthe
genus Calceolaria
genus Calendula
genus Calidris
genus Calla
genus Calliandra
genus Callicebus
genus Callimorpha
genus Callinectes
genus Calliophis
genus Calliphora
genus Callirhoe
genus Callisaurus
genus Callistephus
genus Callithrix
genus Callitriche
genus Callitris
genus Callophis
genus Callorhinus
genus Calluna
genus Calocarpum
genus Calocedrus
genus Calochortus
genus Calophyllum
genus Calopogon
genus Calosoma

Literary usage of Genus callirhoe

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

1. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1856)
"JE. radiata, Templeton. North of Ireland. Genus CALLIRHOE. ? C. dubia, Templeton. North of Ireland. Genus MEDUSA. ..."

2. The Aquarian Naturalist: A Manual for the Sea-side by Thomas Rymer Jones (1858)
"... I took a small Medusa of the genus Callirhoe, and placed in the glass vessel with it a Beroe which had been taken at the same time. ..."

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