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Definition of Genus Arceuthobium
1. Noun. Genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Loranthaceae, Loranthaceae, Mistletoe Family
Member holonyms: American Mistletoe, Arceuthobium Pusillum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Arceuthobium
Literary usage of Genus Arceuthobium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"Throughout the entire Uintah Mountains several parasites of the genus Arceuthobium
are quite troublesome to conifers. One species A. americanum is common on ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"Throughout the entire Uintah Mountains several parasites of the genus Arceuthobium
are quite troublesome to conifers. One species A. americanum is common on ..."
3. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"... common host by simultaneous infection with an Arceuthobium and a mistletoe of
another genus Arceuthobium and mistletoe of another genus Host Location A. ..."
4. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1889)
"In the same way it is distinguished from the American genus Arceuthobium, although
one of its species, P. Juniperinum, Eng., closely resembles the ..."
5. Flowers, Fruits and Leaves by John Lubbock (1894)
"I have already alluded to an allied genus) Arceuthobium, parasitic on Junipers,
which throws its seeds to a distance of several feet. ..."