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Definition of Genus Menyanthes
1. Noun. The type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Buckbean Family, Family Menyanthaceae, Menyanthaceae
Member holonyms: Bog Myrtle, Bogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil, Menyanthes Trifoliata, Water Shamrock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Menyanthes
Literary usage of Genus Menyanthes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"Medical properties: Bitter, stomachic, tonic, astringent, anthelmintic, cholagogue,
febrifuge. genus Menyanthes (Buckbean). M. trifoliata. ..."
2. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"genus Menyanthes,* Linn. B. & H., Gen., ii, p. 819. Species 2, natives of temperate
and cold parts of the Northern Hemisphere. 184. ..."
3. American Medical Botany: Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants by Jacob Bigelow (1817)
"The genus Menyanthes has its corolla hairy on the upper side; stigma bifid;
capsule one celled, two valved. The species in the present article is named from ..."
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