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Definition of Genus Apium
1. Noun. Celery.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Apiaceae, Carrot Family, Family Apiaceae, Family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae
Member holonyms: Apium Graveolens, Wild Celery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Apium
Literary usage of Genus Apium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"vr be bent or set; be infuriated. achat, m. purchase, purchasing. ache, /.
any plant of the genus Apium (of which celery is one species) ; parsley. ..."
2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"... genus Apium, but they are certainly not to be separated from the typical
species S. Iati- winch is here adopted. ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Biennial, sometimes annual, plants: If .-stalks 6-15 The genus Apium is variously
understood. As mostly accepted, it comprises some 15 or 20 species of ..."