Definition of Sison

1. Noun. Genus including stone parsley.

Exact synonyms: Genus Sison
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Apiaceae, Carrot Family, Family Apiaceae, Family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae
Member holonyms: Sison Amomum, Stone Parsley

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sison

Siracusa
Siraiki
Siraj-ud-daula
Sirajganj District
Sirbonian
Siren's song
Siren song
Sirenidae
Sirian
Sirians
Sirionó
Siris
Sirius
Sirrah
Sirte
Sison
Sison amomum
Sissy
Sistani Persian
Sister
Sister Joseph's nodule
Sister Mary Joseph Dempsey
Sisters
Sistine
Sistrunk
Sistrunk operation
Sistrurus
Sistrurus catenatus
Sistrurus miliaris
Sisymbrium barbarea

Literary usage of Sison

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

1. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: By the Right Hon by Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, John Leach, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Anthony Hart, Nicholas Simons (1839)
"sison. **SJ-. 13th July. THOMAS BURNETT, by his will dated the 21st Power. of ... Eliza sison, then aiu*> a^er ner the wife of William bison, should, ..."

2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1807)
"Involucra both ge» neral and partial, each of about 4 leaves. SPEC. CHAR. Leaflets in capillary, whorled segments. SYN. sison verticillatum. Linn. ..."

3. The Philippines Past and Present by Dean Conant Worcester (1914)
"I remember, for instance, a case where Mr. Pedro sison [not the member of the ... A woman bought a small parcel of land from Mr. sison, agreeing to work out ..."

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