Definition of Tetragoniaceae

1. Noun. Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetragoniaceae

Tete viruses
Tethyan
Tethyidae
Tethys
Teton
Teton Range
Tetovo
Tetra Pak
Tetraclinis
Tetraclinis articulata
Tetradite
Tetradites
Tetragonia
Tetragonia expansa
Tetragonia tetragonioides
Tetragoniaceae (current term)
Tetragonurus
Tetragrammaton
Tetrahymena
Tetrameres
Tetraneuris
Tetraneuris acaulis
Tetraneuris grandiflora
Tetranychidae
Tetrao
Tetrao urogallus
Tetraodontidae
Tetraonidae
Tetrapturus
Tetratrichomonas

Literary usage of Tetragoniaceae

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

1. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1865)
"... and Tetragoniaceae are so exactly alike as to add another link to the affinity so admirably noticed by Lindley between these two orders. ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine, Taylor and Francis (1853)
"... erect or pressed upwards by the ovary remaining contracted below while its upper part expands ; this is distinctly shown to take place in Tetragoniaceae ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1918)
"Nyctaginaceae * Abronia latifolia Esch., Yellow Sand Verbena. Forming large prostrate mats, often one meter across. Tetragoniaceae Mesembryanthemum ..."

4. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"Tetragoniaceae. 261 Stamens as many as the perianth-members and opposite them, or twice as many ; water planta. Water plants, with whorled leaves. 92. ..."

5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1838)
"... free from the calyx (exc. some Chenopodiaceae), more or less connate with each other (exc. some Phytolaccaceae, some Tetragoniaceae). ..."

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