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Definition of Genus Adonis
1. Noun. Annual or perennial herbs.
Exact synonyms: Adonis
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Buttercup Family, Crowfoot Family, Family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae
Member holonyms: Adonis Annua, Pheasant's-eye
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Buttercup Family, Crowfoot Family, Family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae
Member holonyms: Adonis Annua, Pheasant's-eye
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Adonis
Literary usage of Genus Adonis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"Linnaeus, following Dillenius, established the genus Adonis in commemoration of
the fable, and evidently considered A. ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In the Fennel and Dill, in Chamomile, Larkspur, and species of the genus Adonis,
the lower and upper leaves of the stem are so alike that it is hardly ..."
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