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Definition of Genus Petasites
1. Noun. Genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur; sweet coltsfoot.
Exact synonyms: Petasites
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Bog Rhubarb, Butterbur, Petasites Hybridus, Petasites Vulgaris, Petasites Fragrans, Sweet Coltsfoot, Winter Heliotrope, Petasites Sagitattus, Sweet Coltsfoot
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Bog Rhubarb, Butterbur, Petasites Hybridus, Petasites Vulgaris, Petasites Fragrans, Sweet Coltsfoot, Winter Heliotrope, Petasites Sagitattus, Sweet Coltsfoot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Petasites
Literary usage of Genus Petasites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism by Edward Lee Greene (1906)
"It would apply well enough to all those species of the old genus Petasites which
Linnaeus reduced to Tussilago. I therefore judge by the name alone, ..."
2. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1902)
"While Hooker and other authorities class it in the genus Petasites, a genus of
which it is the only British representative, other writers place it in the ..."
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