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Definition of Genus Dictamnus
1. Noun. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Rutaceae.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rutaceae, Rue Family, Rutaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dictamnus
Literary usage of Genus Dictamnus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"... are rarely ornamental, except in the genus Dictamnus. I have, however, given
one species of ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"The genus Dictamnus Linne with a single existing species widely distributed in
Eurasia, has furnished a fossil form in the Pliocene of France and a second ..."
3. An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are by David Booth (1836)
"... other species of Origanum : the vulgare, common, or WILD MARJORAM, and the
marjorana, or SWEET MARJORAM. The genus DICTAMNUS contains only one species, ..."