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Definition of Genus Osmanthus
1. Noun. Widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Oleaceae, Oleaceae, Olive Family
Member holonyms: American Olive, Devilwood, Osmanthus Americanus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Osmanthus
Literary usage of Genus Osmanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"In the Hawaiian Islands the family is represented by the genus Osmanthus with a
... The genus Osmanthus with its 10 species is distributed in South Asia, ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"Olea Americana is separated from Olea, Tourn., by Benth. and Hook., and carried
to the Chinese genus Osmanthus, Lour.— Serena Watson. ..."
3. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"These are more properly thrown into another genus, Osmanthus. The technical
distinction between the two genera is found in the arrangement of the four lobes ..."
4. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1916)
"US National Museum; New York Botanical Garden. Genus OSMANTHUS Loureiro. ...
The genus Osmanthus embraces about 10 existing species of eastern and southern ..."
5. Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich by Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Verein zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten (1864)
"... die natürlichen Familien der Flora Japan's bearbeitete, das sich von Olea in
der That kaum unterscheidende genus Osmanthus nicht anerkennt und daher den ..."
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