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Definition of Genus Callirhoe
1. Noun. Small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers.
Exact synonyms: Callirhoe
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Poppy Mallow
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Poppy Mallow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Callirhoe
Literary usage of Genus Callirhoe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1856)
"JE. radiata, Templeton. North of Ireland. Genus CALLIRHOE. ? C. dubia, Templeton.
North of Ireland. Genus MEDUSA. ..."
2. The Aquarian Naturalist: A Manual for the Sea-side by Thomas Rymer Jones (1858)
"... I took a small Medusa of the genus Callirhoe, and placed in the glass vessel
with it a Beroe which had been taken at the same time. ..."
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