Lexic.us

Definition of Genus Calycanthus

1. Noun. A magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Calycanthus

Literary usage of Genus Calycanthus

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"The family is represented in the United States by four or five species of the genus Calycanthus L. ..."

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 Calycanthus has three species in the southeastern part of the United States, and one in California. The three Atlantic coast ones are by some ..."

3. The Fruit of Opuntia Fulgida: A Study of Perennation and Proliferation in by Duncan Starr Johnson (1918)
"... of which I find record in any other family is seen in the genus Calycanthus. In this form the greatly developed floral axis is depressed at the top to ..."

4. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1894)
"... a flower, in reference to the calyx being coloured, and appearing like t corolla). The genus Calycanthus, giving its naine to the family ..."

5. Leaves and Flowers, Or, Object Lessons in Botany: With a Flora : Prepared by Alphonso Wood (1891)
"Flowers axillary, solitary, all the organs GO and arranged as in the following genus. CALYCANTHUS. Sweet-scented Shrub. ..."

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