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Definition of Genus Epimedium
1. Noun. Herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Barberry Family, Berberidaceae, Family Berberidaceae
Member holonyms: Barrenwort, Bishop's Hat, Epimedium Grandiflorum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Epimedium
Literary usage of Genus Epimedium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1837)
"To the first belong the genus Ranunculus, &c.; to the second, in English Botany,
the genus Berberis and genus Epimedium ..."
2. Echoes in plant and flower life by Leo Hartley Grindon (1869)
"... to restrict attention to the plant- echoes, and having spoken of the Begonias,
to refer to the singular resemblance found in the genus Epimedium, ..."
3. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The genus Epimedium contains a number of perennial'herbs which are characterized
as among the daintiest and most interesting plants that can be grown in the ..."
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