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Definition of Genus Anagallis
1. Noun. Chiefly Old World herbs.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Primulaceae, Primrose Family, Primulaceae
Member holonyms: Pimpernel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Anagallis
Literary usage of Genus Anagallis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"The genus Anagallis is indeed the only one belonging to the order which ...
The genus Anagallis is remarkable for the beauty and elegance of its flowers. ..."
2. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"genus Anagallis (Pimpernel). A. an^ensis (Poor-man's Weather-glass). Medical
properties: Poison, nervine, expectorant, stimulant. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"PIMPERNEL, a flowering plant of the primrose family and genus Anagallis, with a
wheel-shaped corolla. The scarlet or field pimpernel (A. arvensis) is wild ..."
4. Icones Plantarum: Or Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1843)
"I should have placed it in the genus Anagallis, only that D'Urville speaks of
the dehiscence of the fruit as decidedly that of a Lysimachia. Fig. 1. ..."
5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"In 1618 it was small flowers are usually scarlet with a purple Pim'pernel, a
flowering plant of the primrose family and genus Anagallis, with a wheel- ..."
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