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Definition of Genus Empetrum
1. Noun. Crowberries.
Exact synonyms: Empetrum
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Crowberry Family, Empetraceae, Family Empetraceae
Member holonyms: Crowberry
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Crowberry Family, Empetraceae, Family Empetraceae
Member holonyms: Crowberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Empetrum
Literary usage of Genus Empetrum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs by Gray Herbarium, Harvard University Gray Herbarium (1917)
"With the exception of this northern circumpolar species, the only living members
of the genus Empetrum (map 33) are confined to two remote areas: the region ..."
2. The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete Description of the by Hugh Murray, William Wallace, Robert Jameson, William Jackson Hooker, William Swainson, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1837)
"... there are only two shrubby plants on the island, both of which belong to the
genus Empetrum, and may be but varieties of one species. ..."