Definition of Genus euphorbia

1. Noun. Type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Euphorbia

genus Eucalyptus
genus Eucarya
genus Eucinostomus
genus Euderma
genus Eudyptes
genus Eugenia
genus Euglena
genus Eumeces
genus Eumenes
genus Eumetopias
genus Eumops
genus Eunectes
genus Euonymus
genus Eupatorium
genus Euphagus
genus Euphorbia
genus Euphractus
genus Euplectella
genus Euproctis
genus Eurotium
genus Euryale
genus Eustoma
genus Eutamias
genus Euterpe
genus Euthynnus
genus Evernia
genus Exacum
genus Exaeretodon
genus Fabiana
genus Fagopyrum

Literary usage of Genus euphorbia

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

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"As these races conform fairly well to the genera into which the genus Euphorbia has been segregated, the writer further proposes to use the names of the ..."

2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1891)
"THE genus Euphorbia has been elaborated by many systematic botanists. Some species are difficult to discriminate. The seeds as is well known offer excellent ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... and some of the genus Euphorbia; or by the general surface of the Thallus (qv) in many ... genus Euphorbia ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1833)
"... and in his American Botany he has described and figured the plant The Genus Euphorbia was placed by LINNAEUS in the class Dode- candria, and the order ..."

5. The Student, and Intellectual Observer (1869)
"ON THE genus euphorbia. BY JOHN R. JACKSON, ALS, Curator of the Museum, ... It is to the genus Euphorbia, which gives its name to the order, that we are now ..."

6. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1895)
"LH Pammel has shown that in the seed coats of the genus Euphorbia some marked ... Pammel: On tbe Structure of the Seed-coats of tbe genus Euphorbia. ..."

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