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Definition of Homogyne
1. Noun. Small genus of low perennial herbs of montane Europe; in some classifications included in genus Tussilago.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Alpine Coltsfoot, Homogyne Alpina, Tussilago Alpina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homogyne
Literary usage of Homogyne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Rock-garden by Reginald John Farrer (1919)
"Homogyne. pea-flowers flopping from the neat mass of leaves in June, is an
admirable plant for a ... Homogyne, a dingy little family from the alpine woods, ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Homogyne (from homos, similar, and gyne, female, because of similarity of male
and female fls.). ..."
3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... a Boiled Leaf of the Trailing Azalea (Azalea procumbent) ; x 140. covers broad
slopes, where Dryas octopetala, Salix reticulata, Homogyne discolor, ..."
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