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Definition of Cakile
1. Noun. Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Cakile Maritima, Sea-rocket
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cakile
Literary usage of Cakile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"ARGEMONE MEXICANA OCHROLEUCA Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1343. Suburbs of Merida, Jan.
27, 1865 (Schott, f?8). CRUCIFER^E. cakile MARITIMA Scop. Fl. Cam., ed. ..."
2. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... Ammo- phila, cakile and similar things. Their nests and eggs are not greatly
different from those of the Prairie Horned Lark and are similarly situated. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"copra, cakile aqualis, Borrichia arborescens (smooth leaf), Croton maritimus.
... Sesuvium portulacastrum, cakile aqualis, Conocarpus erectus (thick leaf) ..."
4. The Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on the Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan by Henry Chandler Cowles (1899)
"cakile and Euphorbia reach their culmination on the beach, ... cakile is much
the hardiest of the three species, venturing farther out toward the lower ..."
5. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"cakile maritima. Willden. up. pi. 3. p. 416. Bunias cakile. Engl. lot. 231.
Sea Rocket- Ara/. of Britain. Fl. June—September. H. (•)• 2. ..."
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