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Definition of Genus Asarum
1. Noun. Wild ginger.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Aristolochiaceae, Birthwort Family, Family Aristolochiaceae
Member holonyms: Wild Ginger, Asarum Shuttleworthii, Heart-leaf, Heartleaf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Asarum
Literary usage of Genus Asarum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1911)
"The climbing species mostly belong to the genus Aristolochia while the ground-loving
forms are found in the genus Asarum. The majority are found in the ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... different Valerians (Valeriana celtica, dioica, elongata, officinalis, P/m,
saxatilis, Sic.), or of different species of the Asara- bacca genus (Asarum ..."
3. Collections for an Essay Towards a Materia Medica of the United States by Benjamin Smith Barton (1900)
"This plant has a number of different names, such as Ipecacuanha, Indian-Physic,
Bowman's Root, &c. WE have several species of the genus Asarum, ..."
4. Flora Medica; a Botanical Account of All the More Important Plants Used in by John Lindley (1838)
"... reported to be a powerful remedy for the bites of serpents, is said by Dr.
Hancock to be some plant of this genus. ASARUM. Calyx bell-shaped, coriaceous ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The genus Asarum is distinguished by twelve horned stamens, distinct from each
other and from the style, and by a bell-shaped three-lobed perianth. ..."
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