Definition of Genus Colutea

1. Noun. Small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods.

Exact synonyms: Colutea
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Bladder Senna, Colutea Arborescens

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Colutea

genus Cola
genus Colaptes
genus Colchicum
genus Coleonyx
genus Coleus
genus Colinus
genus Collinsia
genus Collinsonia
genus Collocalia
genus Colobus
genus Colocasia
genus Coluber
genus Colubrina
genus Columba
genus Columnea
genus Colutea (current term)
genus Comandra
genus Comatula
genus Combretum
genus Commelina
genus Commiphora
genus Compsognathus
genus Comptonia
genus Condylura
genus Conepatus
genus Conferva
genus Conilurus
genus Coniogramme
genus Conium
genus Connarus

Literary usage of Genus Colutea

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

1. Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours: And by Edward Bancroft (1814)
"... were not agreed on this subject, though the plant was suspected to be a leguminous shrub, belonging, or allied to the genus Colutea. ..."

2. Bulletin by Engineering Dept, National Electric Lamp Association, New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography, New Jersey Geological Survey, New Jersey Dept. of Conservation and Development, New Jersey Dept. of Conservation. Division of Forestry, Geology, Parks an (1911)
"... leguminous leaflet of unknown generic affinities. Occurrence.—South Amboy. Collections.—US National Museum. Genus COLUTEA Linne. (Sp. PI., 1753, P- 723. ..."

3. Bulletin by Geological Survey of New Jersey (1911)
"... leguminous leaflet of unknown generic affinities. Occurrence.—South Amboy. Collections.—US National Museum. Genus COLUTEA Linne. (Sp. PI., 1753, P- 723. ..."

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