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Definition of Genus Cephalotaxus

1. Noun. The genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cephalotaxus

Literary usage of Genus Cephalotaxus

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

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"... in these papers is well established for the genus. Cephalotaxus has been a genus of special interest on account of its supposed primitive character, ..."

2. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1907)
"Torreya, now represented by four widely scattered species, appears first in the lower Cretaceous, and the genus Cephalotaxus occurs ..."

3. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"A yew tree of the genus Cephalotaxus. Its seeds are to be found in a drj state in all the doctors' shops in Chinese town-. They are considered valuable in ..."

4. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1911)
"The existing genus Cephalotaxus Sieb. and Zucc., contains four species confined to the Chinese-Japanese region. It was evidently much more widespread in ..."

5. A Residence Among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast, and at Sea. Being a by Robert Fortune (1857)
"They evidently belonged to the genus Cephalotaxus—a genus perfectly hardy in England, and very highly prized. They were too young to have seeds upon them, ..."

6. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... the Tulip-tree and Magnolias (Liriodendron, Magnolia), and lastly, amongst Conifers the genus Cephalotaxus. The phenomenon in question is the result of ..."

7. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1914)
"The modern genus Cephalotaxus Siebold and Zuccarini, with four species, is confined to the China-Japan region, although it seems evident that it was much ..."

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