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Definition of Anthyllis
1. Noun. Genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Anthyllis Barba-jovis, Jupiter's Beard, Silver-bush, Silverbush, Anthyllis Vulneraria, Kidney Vetch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthyllis
Literary usage of Anthyllis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Botanist's Repository, for New, and Rare Plants.: Containing Coloured ...by Henry Charles Andrews by Henry Charles Andrews (1797)
"anthyllis ERINACEA. Blue Broom of Spain. С L AS S XVII. ORDER III. ... of anthyllis
has been mentioned under various ..."
2. British Farmer's Magazine (1869)
"I have cultivated anthyllis for the last six years, and «m discovered every ...
anthyllis is extremely insensible to frost and drought, which are always so ..."
3. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"Kidney vetch (anthyllis vulneraria) is native to much of temperate Europe, Asia
and North Africa. It was first brought into cultivation in Prussia about ..."
4. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"anthyllis (Kidney Vetch).—This genus contains few species. They bear some
superficial resemblance to Astragalus, and in cultivation require the same ..."
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