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Definition of Genus Sorbus
1. Noun. A genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Mountain Ash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sorbus
Literary usage of Genus Sorbus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters on the Elements of Botany: Addressed to a Lady by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Martyn (1787)
"... .you will find in your plantations: as you will alfo two trees that are in
the third order, under the genus Sorbus; viz. the Mountain ^/7->c and the ..."
2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"... FAMILY ROSACES Genus SORBUS, Linn. SMALL trees of good habit, with ornamental
foliage, flowers and fruit. Leaves alternate, 7 to 17 leaflets, serrate. ..."
3. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"The genus Sorbus is closely related to that of Pinu or Pyrus, which comprises
our British fruits, pears and apples. Both differ from the other European ..."
4. Familiar Trees by George Simonds Boulger (1907)
"To all of these the name Service-tree may be applied, since they constitute the
sub-genus Sorbus, and the name " Service," which might be supposed to be in ..."
5. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"... the sub- genus Sorbus resembles the preceding, but has pinnatifid leaves ; it
include* P. Aucuparia, the Mountain Ash or Kowan-tree, ..."
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