Definition of Genus Nicandra

1. Noun. Sturdy annual of Peru.

Exact synonyms: Nicandra
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Solanaceae, Potato Family, Solanaceae
Member holonyms: Apple Of Peru, Nicandra Physaloides, Shoo Fly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nicandra

genus Nepa
genus Nepenthes
genus Nepeta
genus Nephelium
genus Nephrolepis
genus Nephrops
genus Nephthytis
genus Nerita
genus Neritina
genus Nerium
genus Nerodia
genus Nesokia
genus Nestor
genus Neurospora
genus Neurotrichus
genus Nicandra (current term)
genus Nicotiana
genus Nidularia
genus Nierembergia
genus Nigella
genus Nigroporus
genus Nimravus
genus Nipa
genus Nitella
genus Nitrobacter
genus Nitrosomonas
genus Noctiluca
genus Noctua
genus Nolina
genus Nomia

Literary usage of Genus Nicandra

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

1. Illustrations of South American Plants by John Miers (1857)
"... which possess a valvate aestivation, is placed the genus Nicandra, with a corolla resembling that of a Convolvulus, the lobes of its border possessing a ..."

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