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Definition of Pedilanthus
1. Noun. Tropical American succulent shrubs.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Euphorbiaceae, Family Euphorbiaceae, Spurge Family
Member holonyms: Slipper Plant, Slipper Spurge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedilanthus
Literary usage of Pedilanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... represented almost wholly by the great genus Euphorbia, although a few- species
of Pedilanthus are to be included. ..."
2. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1825)
"This is surely a good genus ; Pedilanthus is the older name, though having the
same meaning as Mr. Haworth's ..."
3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"... as well as in Pedilanthus carinatus. The strongly refractive (silicified ?)
bodies, observed by Knauf on the walls of the epidermal cells in the ..."
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