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Definition of Genus Linum
1. Noun. A herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves.
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Family Linaceae, Flax Family, Linaceae
Member holonyms: Flax
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Linum
Literary usage of Genus Linum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"The plants of the genus Linum. Also, the fibres obtained from the stems of plants
of the genus Linum. P., common. ..."
2. Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Greenouse Plants / by by Loundon (Jane) (1848)
"The genus Linum consists of a great number of species, some of which, like the
common Flax used in making linen, are hardy annuals, generally with blue ..."
3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"... and light- centred purple flowers, 2 inches in diameter; a summer-blooming
perennial FLAX Natural Order LINE^E. genus Linum LINUM (Greek, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"... genus Linum, native of Europe, aud formerly used as a cathartic and diuretic.
FLAX-LEAVED DAPHNE. See Daphne Gnidium. FLAX SEED. ..."
5. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1863)
"The botanical classification of flax is simple, its order being linac«?, and the
name of its genus linum. Its species, as already verified, are somewhat ..."
6. Medical Botany; Or, Illustrations and Descriptions of the Medicinal Plants ...by John Stephenson, James Morss Churchill, Gilbert Thomas Burnett by John Stephenson, James Morss Churchill, Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1834)
"OF the genus Linum, nearly fifty species have been described by botanical writers.
Linneus, in the 14th edition of bis Systema ..."
7. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1865)
"... in several species of the genus Linum. By CHARLES DARWIN. ('Journ. of Linnean
Soc.,'Botany, vol. vii. 1864. p. 94. ..."
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