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Definition of Genus Ormosia
1. Noun. Genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Necklace Tree, Bead Tree, Jumby Bean, Jumby Tree, Ormosia Monosperma, Jumbie Bead, Jumby Bead, Ormosia Coarctata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ormosia
Literary usage of Genus Ormosia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1920)
"... genus Ormosia Rondani 1. Ormosia paradisea, new species Antennae black
throughout; general coloration brown, the pseudo-sutural foveae black; ..."
2. A New Genus and Species of Grasshopper from California by Morgan Hebard (1920)
"... genus Ormosia Rondani 1. Ormosia paradisea, new species Antennae black
throughout; general coloration brown, the pseudo-sutural foveae black; ..."
3. I. A Further Study of Variation in the Gopher-snakes of Western North by John Van Denburgh (1920)
"... genus Ormosia Rondani 1. Ormosia paradisea, new species Antennae black
throughout ; general coloration brown, the pseudo-sutura] fovea? black ..."
4. Legislative Document by New York (State). Legislature (1920)
"The genus Ormosia includes about sixty-two described species, of temperate zones,
almost all occurring in the temperate regions of Europe and North America. ..."
5. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1916)
"Supply.—Large trees fairly numerous in parts of Palawan. Prices.—Unknown in Manila
market, but should be worth f150 per M. Genus ORMOSIA. ..."
6. Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University by Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station (1920)
"genus Ormosia Rondani 1856 Ormosia Rond. Prodromus, vol. 1, p. 180. ... The genus
Ormosia includes about sixty-two described species, of temperate zones, ..."
7. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1869)
"... male sex and the joints of the flagellum are elongated, strongly pedicelled,
and pubescent (the genus Ormosia Rondani is founded upon this character). ..."
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