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Definition of Genus Catalpa
1. Noun. A dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae; has large flowers (white or mottled) and long terete pods.
Group relationships: Bignoniaceae, Family Bignoniaceae
Member holonyms: Catalpa, Indian Bean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Catalpa
Literary usage of Genus Catalpa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"kHE genus Catalpa was constituted by Jussieu from the Bignonia catalpa of
Tournefort, and comprises but one species, native of North America. ..."
2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The most important timber and ornamental trees are in the genus Catalpa, which
has in all seven species. Two of these are found in the United States. ..."
3. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"The genus Catalpa Is the only one which has tree representatives occuring rather
frequently in this State. This genus comprises about 7 species In the world ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1893)
"Strict adherence to the law of priority demands that Linnaeus' original specific
name Catalpa be taken up under the genus Catalpa. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"The Recognition of Hybrid Characters in the Structure of the Vascular Cylinder
as Expressed in the genus Catalpa: Professor DP PENHALLOW, McGill University. ..."
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