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Definition of Genus Martynia
1. Noun. In some classifications includes the unicorn plants.
Member holonyms: Martynia, Martynia Annua
Group relationships: Family Pedaliaceae, Pedaliaceae, Sesame Family
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Martynia
Literary usage of Genus Martynia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"DESCRIPTION, &c—The genus Martynia, which was named by Houston in honour of
Professor Martyn, editor of Miller's Dictionary, &c., is nearly allied to the ..."
2. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1866)
"... murex render water or milk mucilaginous, and the genus Martynia yields some
handsome garden plants. *+£+*-* ate possess considerable interest, ..."
3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"Unicorn Plant, one of the popular names of plants of the genus Martynia, glandular,
pubescent, and fetid herbs, natives of America. ..."
4. The New Zealand Journal of Science (1885)
"... by means of its teeth, many of them got into the mouth and stuck there, causing
an inflammation which ended fatally. To the allied genus Martynia belong ..."
5. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1873)
"The genus Martynia was во named by Willdenow, in honour of John Marty n, Professor
of Botany at the University of Cambridge, and author of several botanical ..."
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