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Definition of Genus Amaranthus
1. Noun. Large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Amaranth Family, Amaranthaceae, Family Amaranthaceae
Member holonyms: Amaranth, Amaranthus Spinosus, Thorny Amaranth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amaranthus
Literary usage of Genus Amaranthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1849)
"... The 5th order contains the genus AMARANTHUS, in which is a very common weed,
seeming to have some analogy to the pig-weed, not only in natural ..."
2. Lost Crops of Africa: Volume Ii: Vegetables by National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"It is the only known tetraploid (2n=64) in the genus. Amaranthus hybridus L.15 One
of the world's most common leafy vegetables, ..."
3. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"The genus amaranthus has mostly monoecious flowers (although the order is generally
hermaphrodite), with two or three stigmas, and a 1-celled, ..."
4. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"This species is distributed along the coast from Luzon to Mindanao and Palawan.
Family AMARANTHACEAE Genus AMARANTHUS AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS L. (Fig. 24). ..."
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