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Definition of Genus Dolichos
1. Noun. Genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dolichos
Literary usage of Genus Dolichos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"This Is one of the genera founded upon plants originally referred to the old
Linnaean genus Dolichos, belonging to the papilionaceous division of the ..."
2. An Introduction to Systematic and Physiological Botany by Thomas Nuttall (1827)
"... with others now cultivated, which belong to the genus Dolichos, where none of
this twisting of the stamens and keel is to be found ; and, in addition, ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... во nearly allied to the genus Dolichos (qv) as to be often included in it.
It is a native of China, Japan, and the Moluccas, and is much cultivated in ..."
4. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"... so nearly allied to the genus Dolichos (qv) as to be often included in it.
It is a native of China, Japan, and the Moluccas, and is much cultivated in ..."
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