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Definition of Genus Maclura
1. Noun. Yellowwood trees or shrubs.
Exact synonyms: Maclura
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Moraceae, Moraceae, Mulberry Family
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Moraceae, Moraceae, Mulberry Family
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Maclura
Literary usage of Genus Maclura
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"jHE genus Maclura embraces but one species, indigenous to North America, a
lactescent tree, intermediate between the fustic, (Morns tinctoria,) and the ..."
2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"OSAGE ORANGE, the name in general use for a tree of the genus Maclura, closely
allied to the Osage Orange (Madura ..."