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Definition of Genus Spathiphyllum
1. Noun. Evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia.
Group relationships: Araceae, Arum Family, Family Araceae
Member holonyms: Peace Lily, Spathe Flower, Spathiphyllum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Spathiphyllum
Literary usage of Genus Spathiphyllum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"Genus SPATHIPHYLLUM SPATHIPHYLLUM COMMUTATUM Schott. Reorders states that in
Celebes the young leaves of this plant are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. ..."
2. 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 (1861)
"Beispielsweise haben wir sein 1832 aufgestelltes genus Spathiphyllum, da es ganz
verschiedene Pflanzen in sich schliesst, in 2 Genera getheilt, ..."
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