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Definition of Genus Myristica

1. Noun. Type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Myristica

Literary usage of Genus Myristica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete pronouncing medical dictionary: Embracing the Terminology of by Joseph Thomas (1885)
"[From Myristica, the " nutmeg-tree."] Resembling the genus Myristica. My-ris'tl-cin. [Lat. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... Linn, f.; M. aromática, Lam.), shown in Figs. 1452-3. This tree is cultivated and naturalized in the W. Indies. The genus Myristica is the only ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"... the albumen and aril contain both a fixed and an essential oil, and those of some species are used as spices. The genus Myristica has the ..."

4. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... form rather a subdivision of the genus Myristica, including those species with flowers arranged in axillary panicles, whose perianth is two to ..."

5. The Indian Forester (1898)
"Not having been acquainted before that time with kino-like products from the genus Myristica, and following the suggestion of Professor Warburg, ..."

6. The Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumes by Ernest John Parry (1908)
"This is the genus Myristica, the fruit of which consists of the well-known nutmeg enclosed in a shell, which is covered by an arillus (according to ..."

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