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Definition of Genus Psoralea
1. Noun. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Breadroot, Indian Breadroot, Pomme Blanche, Pomme De Prairie, Psoralea Esculenta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Psoralea
Literary usage of Genus Psoralea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1912)
"... as a characteristic feature of the leguminous genus Psoralea. In going through
the African species of that genus, Mr. Holmes found that the leaflets ..."
2. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... of certain Menispermaceae and Papilionaceae, which may be classed with the
former ; (d) the intramural glands of the Papilionaceous genus Psoralea (Fig. ..."
3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"The common name at the Cape of Good Hope for the genus Psoralea. Scurvy Grass.
The popular name for Coch- I' a fin officinali». ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1896)
"A Study of the genus Psoralea in America, by Anna Murray Vail ; pp. 91-119.
Western Specl.-s of Orthotrichum, by Elizabeth G. Britton; pp. 137-159. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association at Its ... Annual by Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association (1889)
"The genus Psoralea comprises herbs, also shrubs, having leaves mostly divided
into three or five leaflets, and a spiked or ..."
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