Definition of Homogyne

1. Noun. Small genus of low perennial herbs of montane Europe; in some classifications included in genus Tussilago.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Homogyne

Hominoidea
Homo economicus
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo rhodesiensis
Homo sapien
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
Homo sapiens sapiens
Homo soloensis
Homobasidiomycetes
Homoean
Homogyne (current term)
Homogyne alpina
Homologoumena
Homona
Homona coffearia
Homoousion
Homs
Homyel
Hon
Honda
Hondas
Hondo
Honduran
Honduran capital
Honduran monetary unit

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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