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Definition of Genus Aletris
1. Noun. Small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Colic Root, Colicroot, Crow Corn, Star Grass, Unicorn Root, Ague Grass, Ague Root, Aletris Farinosa, Aletris Aurea, Yellow Colicroot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Aletris
Literary usage of Genus Aletris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materia Medica and Special Therapeutics of the New Remedies by Edwin Moses Hale (1897)
"The genus Aletris takes its name from a Greek word, which signifies " a slave
who grinds corn." The name is applied in allusion to the apparent mealiness ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"In those days of broadly drawn generic lines, Thunberg without hesitation referred
his plant to the Linnaean genus Aletris, under the specific name of ..."
3. The Natural History Review: A Quarterly Journal of Biological Science by Armagh Natural History and Philosophical Society, Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Cork Scientific and Literary Society, Cuvierian Society of Cork, Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Association, Literary and Scientific Instit (1854)
"... and by Hooker and Strachey after him, has American and Japanese genus Aletris,
formerly referred doubtfully to ..."
4. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"[Ляг. и».] STA'TU QUO, instead of STATU QUO. STAR'-GRASS, n.[add.] A plant of
the genus Callitriche, and one also of the genus Aletris. STAT'UTE, n. [add. ..."
5. American Medical Botany: Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants by Jacob Bigelow (1817)
"The genus Aletris has its corolla tubular, six cleft, wrinkled, persistent;
stamens inserted into the base of the segments ; style triangular, ..."
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