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Definition of Genus Echinops
1. Noun. Genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Globe Thistle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Echinops
Literary usage of Genus Echinops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1892)
"On the Insectivorous genus Echinops, Martin, with Notes on the Dentition of the
... The genus Echinops was properly recognized by Wagner * (who 1 PZ 8. ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In the genus Echinops a large number of one-flowered capitula are grouped together
in spherical heads, usually of a steel-blue colour. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"THOMAS, O.—On the Insectivorous genus Echinops Martin, with notes on the Dentition
of the Allied Genera. Extr. Proceeds. Zool. Soc. London, 1892. ..."
4. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... found in the Lower Miocene of the South of France are believed to belong to
the genus Echinops, or one closely allied to it. FAMILY 19. ..."
5. The Plant Alkaloids by Thomas Anderson Henry (1913)
"... is present in various species of the genus Echinops, but is best obtained from
Echinops Ritro seeds by extracting these first with light petroleum to ..."
6. Chambers' Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1892)
"Plants of the genus Silybum, and of the genus Echinops, which belongs to a very
different section of the Composite, are often to be seen in flower-gardens, ..."
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