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Definition of Genus Drimys
1. Noun. Shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Winteraceae, Winter's Bark Family, Winteraceae
Member holonyms: Drimys Winteri, Winter's Bark, Winter's Bark Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Drimys
Literary usage of Genus Drimys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... and D. vascularis, both of which possess vessels in the wood, are certainly
not members of the genus Drimys. In the development of the cork the ..."
2. Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States: Including a by Samuel James Record (1919)
"14-16) JEFFREY, EDWARD C., AND COLE, RUTH D.: Experimental Investigations on the
genus Drimys. Annals of Botany 30- 359- 368, 1916. ..."
3. The Life of Sir Charles J.F. Bunbury, Bart. by Charles James Fox Bunbury, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1906)
"... but not so many as one would expect, The strongest case, perhaps, in favour
of Darwin's view and against mine, is the genus Drimys (the Winter Bark). ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"Only one genus. Drimys Forster, occurs in South America or Australasia. There is
a singular pairing of forms in southeastern Asia and southeastern North ..."
5. Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States: Including a by Samuel James Record (1919)
"14-16) JEFFREY, EDWARD C., AND COLE, RUTH D.: Experimental Investigations on the
genus Drimys. Annals of Botany, 30: 359- 368, 1916. ..."