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Definition of Genus Millettia
1. Noun. Genus of trees and shrubs of the Old World tropics.
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Millettia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Millettia
Literary usage of Genus Millettia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"By some authors this species is kept in the genus Millettia, where it was placed
by Asa Gray; and under that name it is described in Vol. IV, page 2051. ..."
2. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1843)
"From this description it will be seen that our plant has all the characters of
the genus Millettia, as established by Wight and Arnott in their excellent ..."
3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1900)
"The plant, a rare climber, sometimes met with under this name belongs to the
closely allied genus Millettia ..."
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