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Definition of Genus Centranthus
1. Noun. Genus of southern European herbs and subshrubs.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Valerianaceae, Valerian Family, Valerianaceae
Member holonyms: Centranthus Ruber, French Honeysuckle, Red Valerian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Centranthus
Literary usage of Genus Centranthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"283s); the genera Marina and Fedia have two stamens in each flower, whilst the
genus Centranthus (Red Valerian) has only one (see p. 240, fig. 2632). ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"This plant with four other species from the genus Valeriana have been made by De
Candolle to form the genus Centranthus. The leaves have a glaucous aspect, ..."
3. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1878)
"... and Linnaeus himself included it in that genus, it has since, for reasons into
which we need not here go, been placed in the genus Centranthus, ..."
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