Definition of Genus millettia

1. Noun. Genus of trees and shrubs of the Old World tropics.

Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Millettia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Millettia

genus Micrococcus
genus Microdipodops
genus Microgramma
genus Micromeria
genus Micromyx
genus Micropogonias
genus Micropterus
genus Microsorium
genus Microsporum
genus Microstomus
genus Microstrobos
genus Microtus
genus Micruroides
genus Micrurus
genus Mikania
genus Millettia
genus Miltonia
genus Mimosa
genus Mimus
genus Minuartia
genus Mirabilis
genus Mirounga
genus Mitchella
genus Mitella
genus Mnium
genus Mobula
genus Moehringia
genus Mohria
genus Mola
genus Mollienesia

Literary usage of Genus millettia

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"By some authors this species is kept in the genus Millettia, where it was placed by Asa Gray; and under that name it is described in Vol. IV, page 2051. ..."

2. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1843)
"From this description it will be seen that our plant has all the characters of the genus Millettia, as established by Wight and Arnott in their excellent ..."

3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1900)
"The plant, a rare climber, sometimes met with under this name belongs to the closely allied genus Millettia ..."

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