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Definition of Crassula

1. Noun. Type genus of Crassulaceae; herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts.

Definition of Crassula

1. Noun. (botany) Any plant of the genus ''Crassula'', often succulents native to southern Africa. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Crassula

Literary usage of Crassula

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

1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"crassula Cotyledon. Curtis magaz. 384. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. ... Spiny-leaved crassula. Nat. of Siberia. Introd. before 1741, by John Amman, ..."

2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"crassula ARBORESCENS (tree - like). Stems round, Principal Species. erect, ... Description of The upper portion of a flowering stem of crassula Plate 94. ..."

3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1819)
"A figure of this plant having been given by Mr. ANDREWS, in the Botanist's Repository, erroneously for crassula obliqua, it is generally known by that name ..."

4. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"crassula arborescens, end of vascular bundle, 378 (Fig.iSo) ; water-pore, 53. ... crassula ericoides, 53. crassula láctea, 53, 499. crassula ..."

5. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1881)
"The exceptions to this statement are afforded by crassula cordifolia, crassula ... between two teeth, in the indentation, as in crassula spathulata, ..."

6. Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Greenouse Plants / by by Loundon (Jane) (1848)
"THE CENTAURY-LIKE crassula. SYNONYME.—С. pellucida Jacq. ENGRAVINGS.—Bot. ... OTHER SPECIES OF crassula. There are many other species of this genus, ..."

7. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"crassula Cotyledon. Curtis magaz. 384. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. ... Spiny-leaved crassula. Nat. of Siberia. Introd. before 1741, by John Amman, ..."

8. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"crassula ARBORESCENS (tree - like). Stems round, Principal Species. erect, ... Description of The upper portion of a flowering stem of crassula Plate 94. ..."

9. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1819)
"A figure of this plant having been given by Mr. ANDREWS, in the Botanist's Repository, erroneously for crassula obliqua, it is generally known by that name ..."

10. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"crassula arborescens, end of vascular bundle, 378 (Fig.iSo) ; water-pore, 53. ... crassula ericoides, 53. crassula láctea, 53, 499. crassula ..."

11. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1881)
"The exceptions to this statement are afforded by crassula cordifolia, crassula ... between two teeth, in the indentation, as in crassula spathulata, ..."

12. Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Greenouse Plants / by by Loundon (Jane) (1848)
"THE CENTAURY-LIKE crassula. SYNONYME.—С. pellucida Jacq. ENGRAVINGS.—Bot. ... OTHER SPECIES OF crassula. There are many other species of this genus, ..."

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