Definition of Genus Cacalia

1. Noun. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia.

Exact synonyms: Cacalia
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Indian Plantain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cacalia

genus Bufo
genus Bulnesia
genus Bumelia
genus Bungarus
genus Buphthalmum
genus Burhinus
genus Burmannia
genus Burmeisteria
genus Bursera
genus Butea
genus Buteo
genus Buxus
genus Cabomba
genus Cacajao
genus Cacalia (current term)
genus Cacatua
genus Cacicus
genus Cadra
genus Caenolestes
genus Caesalpinia
genus Caiman
genus Cairina
genus Cajanus
genus Cakile
genus Caladenia
genus Caladium
genus Calamagrostis
genus Calamintha
genus Calamus

Literary usage of Genus Cacalia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Bentham & Hooker refer to Senecio the genus Cacalia, which is kept distinct by American botanists. ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Bentham & Hooker refer to Senecio the genus Cacalia, which is kept distinct by American botanists. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1894)
"... a species of the genus Cacalia.* It is referred to in several passages by Father Sahagun, who says that it grows in southern Mexico, and that the Aztecs ..."

4. Nagualism: A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History by Daniel Garrison Brinton (1894)
"According to Paso y Troncoso, it is one of the Compositae, a species of the genus Cacalia* It is referred to in several passages by Father Sahagun, ..."

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