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Definition of Genus Liriope
1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf.
Exact synonyms: Liriope
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Lily Turf, Lilyturf, Liriope Muscari
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Lily Turf, Lilyturf, Liriope Muscari
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Liriope
Literary usage of Genus Liriope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea by Charles Spence Bate, John Obadiah Westwood (1868)
"We have added the anomalous parasitic genus Liriope to this family (rather than
place it near Tanais, as done by Dana), from a consideration of its general ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1886)
"This species has been subsequently placed in the genus Liriope by Gegenbauer (Versuch
eines Systems dor Medusen, p. 257.) Later writers as L. Agassiz and E. ..."