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Definition of Genus Muscari
1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Grape Hyacinth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Muscari
Literary usage of Genus Muscari
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"The grape hyacinths, natives of Europe but naturalized in some places on this
side, are found in the genus Muscari named for the musk-like odor of some ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... glaucous Ivs. : fls. blue, fragrant, in a dense spike 1 in. long, tubular,
with small teeth: distinguished from the genus Muscari by the ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The GRAPE- HYACINTH and GLOBE-HYACINTH, frequently cultivated as garden flowers,
are now referred to the genus Muscari, of which the perianth is merely ..."
4. Howitt's Journal by William Howitt, Mary Botham Howitt (1847)
"The hyacinth was already in our gardens in The grape, or starch hyacinths, now
form the genus Muscari, distinguished by the six pieces of the two exterior ..."
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