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Definition of Genus Potentilla
1. Noun. Chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Cinquefoil, Five-finger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Potentilla
Literary usage of Genus Potentilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1833)
"426., contends for the due distinctness of the genus Tormentilla from the genus
Potentilla, and presents a clearly drawn view of, and most pertinent remarks ..."
2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"Those who wish to include as many species as they can in their arboretum, may
subjoin to the genus Potentilla the genus ..."
3. New-England's Rarities Discovered in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, and by John Josselyn, Edward Tuckerman (1865)
"... The genus Potentilla, L., in general, is perhaps intended by cinque-foil; »nd
although our author probably confounded the common and variable Potentilla ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1910)
"Wolf's "Monograph of the genus Potentilla" (Stuttgart, 1908) shows that the
species of this genus occur chiefly from the Tropic of Cancer northward. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"In the much larger genus, Potentilla, there are but nine new species, but this
is due to the fact that Dr. Rydberg, in his work upon this genus, ..."
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