Definition of Heteromeles

1. Noun. One species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Heteromeles

Hessians
Hester
Hestia
Hesychast
Hesychast controversy
Hesychasts
Hesychian
Heterakis
Heteranthera
Heteranthera dubia
Heterobasidiomycetes
Heterodon
Heterodoxus spiniger
Heterokontae
Heterokontophyta
Heteromeles
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Heteromyidae
Heterophyes
Heteropoda
Heteroscelus
Heteroscelus incanus
Heterosomata
Heterostraci
Heterotheca
Heterotheca villosa
Heterotrichales
Hettie
Heubner's arteritis

Literary usage of Heteromeles

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

1. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth (1908)
"heteromeles. A genus containing but a single evergreen species which is confined to California and adjacent islands. In general appearance it is very unlike ..."

2. Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States: A Descriptive by Edgar Alexander Mearns (1907)
"A small tree, at the summit of the Coast Range (Laguna Mountains), California. heteromeles ARBUTIFOLIA (Poiret) Roemer. TOYON: CHRISTMAS BERRY. ..."

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