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Definition of Grossulariaceae
1. Noun. In some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry.
Generic synonyms: Plant Family
Group relationships: Order Rosales, Rosales
Member holonyms: Genus Ribes, Ribes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grossulariaceae
Literary usage of Grossulariaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Grossulariaceae Dumort. Anal. Fam. 37. GOOSEBERRY FAMILY. 1829. Shrubs, with
alternate often fascicled usually lobed petioled leaves, and racemose or ..."
2. Views of Nature: Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation by Alexander von Humboldt, Elise C. Otté, Henry George Bohn (1850)
"... is separated from the Grossulariaceae (species Ribes), and is confined within
the limits indicated by Kunth,J we may regard the whole as exclusively ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Grossulariaceae • Itea virginica L. Tassel-white; Virginia-willow Deciduous shrub
River bank. Believed to be extirpated, represented by a single collection ..."
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