Definition of Genus crepis

1. Noun. Hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere.

Exact synonyms: Crepis
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Hawk's-beard, Hawk's-beards

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Crepis

genus Cotinus
genus Cotoneaster
genus Cottus
genus Cotula
genus Coturnix
genus Coumarouna
genus Cracticus
genus Crambe
genus Crangon
genus Craspedia
genus Crataegus
genus Crateva
genus Crax
genus Crepis
genus Crescentia
genus Crex
genus Cricetus
genus Crocethia
genus Crocodilus
genus Crocodylus
genus Crocus
genus Crocuta
genus Cronartium
genus Crotalaria
genus Crotalus
genus Crotaphytus
genus Croton
genus Crotophaga

Literary usage of Genus crepis

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

1. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"... Delile; and in the second we spoke of another species of the same genus, Crepis radicata, Sieber. Through the kindness of M. Ad. de Jussieu, ..."

2. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"A study of the chromosomes in the genus Crepis has been made from this point of view by Rosenberg (1918, 1920). He finds four species, including C. ..."

3. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"43 '' Hawk-weed," from the Greek Upn?, " a hawk." Under this name are included, Fee thinks, the varieties of the genus Crepis. ..."

4. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents Of The Committee On Common Problems Of by Joe Cain (2004)
"... agree completely with those given by Professor Babcock on the basis of his intensive study of the genus Crepis.n In regard to question 1, ..."

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