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Definition of Genus Batis
1. Noun. Small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Batidaceae, Family Batidaceae, Saltwort Family
Member holonyms: Batis Maritima, Saltwort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Batis
Literary usage of Genus Batis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"EMBRYO conformable to the seed ; cotyledons fleshy, oblong, compressed; radicle
short, near the hilum. ONLY GENUS. Batis. The affinities of Batis are very ..."
2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1851)
"... AND AFFINITIES OF THE genus Batis OF LlN- N.EUS. By Dr. J. TORREY. The Baits
maritima (which is the only species of the genus) is a common shrubby plant ..."
3. A History of the Fishes of the British Islands by Jonathan Couch (1868)
"I have thought it proper, in my introductory remarks on the newly-named genus,
Batis, to direct attention to the conspicuous mucous glands which ..."
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