Lexic.us

Definition of Plantaginaceae

1. Noun. Cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plantaginaceae

Literary usage of Plantaginaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"This includes the single family Plantaginaceae with about 200 species. This family, with its peculiar habit, 4-merous flowers, membranous corolla, ..."

2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"Plantaginaceae. (G. 743. B. 856) Flowers not in spikes. Gentianaceae. (G. 654. B. 728) 14 Two or more celled. Plants leafy at base only. Plantaginaceae. ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1838)
"Globulariaceae, Plantaginaceae). Fruit not dehiscing or not regularly so; seed solitary if not attached to a placenta becoming finally free (some ..."

4. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"This includes the single family Plantaginaceae with about 200 species. This family, with its peculiar habit, 4-merous flowers, membranous corolla, ..."

5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"Plantaginaceae. (G. 743. B. 856) Flowers not in spikes. Gentianaceae. (G. 654. B. 728) 14 Two or more celled. Plants leafy at base only. Plantaginaceae. ..."

6. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1838)
"Globulariaceae, Plantaginaceae). Fruit not dehiscing or not regularly so; seed solitary if not attached to a placenta becoming finally free (some ..."

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