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Definition of Genus Nemophila
1. Noun. Genus of ornamental chiefly California herbs: baby blue-eyes.
Group relationships: Family Hydrophyllaceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Waterleaf Family
Member holonyms: Nemophila, Baby Blue-eyes, Nemophila Menziesii
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nemophila
Literary usage of Genus Nemophila
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"(WITH PLATES nv) THE North American genus Nemophila is represented by fourteen
species and four varieties. Two species belong to the southern states, ..."
2. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"The name of the genus Nemophila, which signifies literally a lover of the woods,
seems to point out the kind of situation in which all the species should be ..."
3. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"Nemophila The representatives of the genus Nemophila are dwarf, compact growing,
hardy, annual herbs, which produce an abundance of showy bell-shaped ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"... the Transpiration Stream," (part); Chandler, " Revision of the genus Nemophila" ;
Worsdell, "Evolution of the Vascular Tissue of Plants " ; MacMillan. ..."
5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1901)
"The latest to go are some twenty species of the genus Nemophila to which the
well-known "baby-blue-eyes" belongs. HP Chandler says in the September ..."
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