Definition of Genus Carum

1. Noun. Caraway.

Exact synonyms: Carum
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Apiaceae, Carrot Family, Family Apiaceae, Family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae
Member holonyms: Caraway, Carum Carvi

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Carum

genus Carduus
genus Caretta
genus Carex
genus Cariama
genus Carica
genus Carissa
genus Carlina
genus Carnegiea
genus Carpenteria
genus Carphophis
genus Carpinus
genus Carpobrotus
genus Carpocapsa
genus Carpodacus
genus Carthamus
genus Carum (current term)
genus Carya
genus Caryocar
genus Caryota
genus Casmerodius
genus Castanea
genus Castanopsis
genus Castilleia
genus Castilleja
genus Castor
genus Castoroides
genus Casuarina

Literary usage of Genus Carum

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

1. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"There are, for example, tuberous varieties of the genus Carum, relatives of the caraway, that grow on the Pacific Coast, especially toward the ..."

2. Supplement to the English Botany of the Late Sir J. E. Smith and Mr. Sowerby by William Jackson Hooker, William Borrer, James Sowerby (1843)
"In other particulars the flowers and fruit of the species before us are exactly those of the genus Carum, whilst the fruit differs from that of ..."

3. Shakespeare's Garden by James Harvey Bloom (1903)
"This month we may consider a curious umbelliferous plant belonging to a genus (Carum) noticed in June, the Carum bulbo-castaneum of Koch. ..."

4. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1914)
"There are, for example, tuberous varieties of the genus Carum, relatives of the caraway, that grow on the ..."

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