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Definition of Genus Astragalus
1. Noun. Large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Milk Vetch, Milk-vetch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Astragalus
Literary usage of Genus Astragalus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1902)
"The vast genus Astragalus is represented here by many thorny species. ...
The genus Astragalus ¡s represented by over 70 species, only about three ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1888)
"The genus astragalus is truly a Western genus. East of the Mississippi there are
but eight species mentioned; west of the Mississippi there are about ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1880)
"According to Professor Asa Gray, the rattle weed of California belongs to the
genus Astragalus, and it seems probable that the plant described by Dr. ..."
4. American Druggist (1888)
"The genus Astragalus is truly a western genus. East of the Mississippi there are
about sixty-four. During the past summer it has been my object to specially ..."
5. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... doe!, resemblance), (1) dice- shaped (Heinig) ; (2) having affinity with the
genus Astragalus. ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... and the only one regularly found in commerce, is obtained from several species
of small shrubs of the genus Astragalus, found in Asia Minor. ..."
7. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1891)
"... as none of the species of the genus Astragalus as now constituted, which grows
in that part of Indiana has seeds sufficiently large to breed the insect. ..."
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