Definition of Genus gypsophila

1. Noun. Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gypsophila

genus Gutierrezia
genus Gymnadenia
genus Gymnadeniopsis
genus Gymnelis
genus Gymnocalycium
genus Gymnocarpium
genus Gymnocladus
genus Gymnogyps
genus Gymnopilus
genus Gymnorhina
genus Gymnosporangium
genus Gymnura
genus Gynura
genus Gypaetus
genus Gyps
genus Gypsophila
genus Gyromitra
genus Haastia
genus Habenaria
genus Hackelia
genus Haemanthus
genus Haematobia
genus Haematopus
genus Haematoxylon
genus Haematoxylum
genus Haemodorum
genus Haemopis
genus Haemoproteus
genus Haemulon
genus Hakea

Literary usage of Genus gypsophila

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

1. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"A chalky soil is most suitable to them, and hence the name of the genus, Gypsophila, signifying chalk-lover. The species are generally propagated by seeds, ..."

2. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"6, 1832) of the genus Saponaria keeps its name when placed in the genus Gypsophila: Gypsophila sect. Alfredia Benth. et Hook, fil.; ..."

3. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1889)
"Habits, $c. This species is so close to C. brevicaudata, that the habits of the two are very likely to be the same. Genus GYPSOPHILA, Gates, 1883. ..."

4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"Nearly allied to the genus Saponaria is the genus Gypsophila, some species of which are called Soap- root, and contain much saponin. ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1901)
"... slender, flowering stems, arising from a large perennial root, as is the case in many of the genus Gypsophila in the caryophyllaceae. ..."

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