Definition of Genus muscari

1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.

Exact synonyms: Muscari
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Grape Hyacinth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Muscari

genus Morus
genus Moschus
genus Motacilla
genus Mucor
genus Mucuna
genus Mugil
genus Muhlenbergia
genus Mulloidichthys
genus Mullus
genus Muntiacus
genus Muntingia
genus Mus
genus Musa
genus Musca
genus Muscardinus
genus Muscari
genus Muscicapa
genus Muscivora
genus Musophaga
genus Mustela
genus Mustelus
genus Mutinus
genus Mutisia
genus Mya
genus Myadestes
genus Mycobacterium
genus Mycoplasma
genus Mycteria
genus Mycteroperca
genus Mylodon

Literary usage of Genus muscari

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

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"The grape hyacinths, natives of Europe but naturalized in some places on this side, are found in the genus Muscari named for the musk-like odor of some ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... glaucous Ivs. : fls. blue, fragrant, in a dense spike 1 in. long, tubular, with small teeth: distinguished from the genus Muscari by the ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The GRAPE- HYACINTH and GLOBE-HYACINTH, frequently cultivated as garden flowers, are now referred to the genus Muscari, of which the perianth is merely ..."

4. Howitt's Journal by William Howitt, Mary Botham Howitt (1847)
"The hyacinth was already in our gardens in The grape, or starch hyacinths, now form the genus Muscari, distinguished by the six pieces of the two exterior ..."

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