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Definition of Aethionema
1. Noun. Old World genus of the family Cruciferae.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Stone Cress, Stonecress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aethionema
Literary usage of Aethionema
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)
"Every other aethionema in catalogues turns out to be Ae. ... The true aethionema
grandiflorum has long boughs undivided and unbranching from the base, ..."
2. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"It made a little furry-looking grey bush, out of a cranny; and I thought it was
safe. But no, the winds blew and the rain came down, and aethionema ..."
3. Vierteljahrsschrift der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich by Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich (1906)
"Der Unterschied gegenüber dieser Gattung liegt vor allem in der Form der Frucht,
die bei aethionema im Umriss rundlich, elliptisch oder ..."
4. Denkschriften by Schweizerische naturforschende gesellschaft (1907)
"865 == aethionema chlori- folium (Sibth. & Sm.) Boiss. L. cornutum D'Urv. in Mem.
Soc. Linn. ... 365 = aethionema ovali- folium Boiss.2) (Ind. Kew.). ..."
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