Lexic.us

Definition of Genus Tamarix

1. Noun. Genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tamarix

Literary usage of Genus Tamarix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"These genera were originally included under one genus, Tamarix ; the ... The plants of the genus Tamarix," Royle observes, "are distributed overa wide ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... tomala, a tree with a dark bark, < tamas, darkness: see dim.'] 1. A plant of the genus Tamarix: sometimes called ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The genus Tamarix gives its name ta a small group of shrubs or low trees constituting tie tamarisk family. The species of tamarisk and of the ..."

4. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1855)
"This Natural Family is almost entirely confined to the genus Tamarix. The species are natives of the warm and temperate parts of Europe and Asia, ..."

5. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"TAMARISK, the name of ornamental shrubs of the genus tamarix (the ancient name, supposed to be from the river Tamaris), of a small family ..."

6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"TAMARISK, the name of ornamental shrubs of the genus tamarix (the ancient name, supposed to be from the river Tamaris), of a small family ..."

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