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Definition of Genus Spiraea
1. Noun. A dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Spiraea, Spirea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Spiraea
Literary usage of Genus Spiraea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"The genus Spiraea itself, as ordinarily understood, is resolved by him into
several distinct genera, and the American species which have been referred to ..."
2. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"The genus Spiraea has typically pentamerous flowers with superior ovaries ; many
species arc cultivated as ornamental ..."
3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"The genus Spiraea has one or more follicular, many- seeded carpels. Tt contains
a large number of species, natives of Europe, Asia, and America, ..."
4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1888)
"belonging to the genus Spiraea,1 in the stein and root of Crepis fa-tida? and in
the larvae of Chrysomela populi, which live on willows and poplars, ..."
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