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Definition of Juncus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Juncaceae, Juncaceae, Rush Family
Member holonyms: Bullrush, Bulrush, Common Rush, Juncus Effusus, Soft Rush
Definition of Juncus
1. a type of plant [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Juncus
Literary usage of Juncus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1893)
"(citing it by error, apparently from Pursh, Juncus aristatus, and1 modifying
Michaux's description to some extent), and another, which he described as a new ..."
2. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Baldwin and Mobile counties. July, October; frequent. Type locality: "Hab.
in Georgia et Carolina.'' Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. Juncus scirpoides Lain. ..."
3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1906)
"The characters by which Juncus compressus may be distinguished from the black
... In Juncus compressus the anthers are little if at all longer than the ..."
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