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Definition of Genus Linaria
1. Noun. Genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Scrophulariaceae, Figwort Family, Foxglove Family, Scrophulariaceae
Member holonyms: Butter-and-eggs, Devil's Flax, Linaria Vulgaris, Toadflax, Wild Snapdragon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Linaria
Literary usage of Genus Linaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"But the genus Linaria is united with many other genera, which are chiefly
distinguished from it by some slight variations in the form of the bill, ..."
2. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter (1857)
"But the genus Linaria is united with many other genera, which are chiefly
distinguished from it by some slight variations in the form of the bill, ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1839)
"... makes'the genus Linaria (Steph ) c.-u- sist of F. Linaria, Linn. ... species of
the genus Linaria of authors, in addition to thô Common or Brown Linnet ..."
4. The Birds of Long Island by Jacob P. Giraud (1844)
"Ammodramus maritimus Gray Shore Finch " caudacutus Buff-breasted " " palustris
Marth " genus Linaria. Linnet. Linaria pinus Pine Linnet " minor Lesser ..."
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