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Definition of Genus Taraxacum
1. Noun. An asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Blowball, Dandelion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Taraxacum
Literary usage of Genus Taraxacum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pamphlets on Silviculture (1918)
"... with careful cytological investigations of the tetrad formation in the ovule,
and found that parthenogenesis does occur in the genus Taraxacum. ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"All four members of the chicory family belong to the genus Taraxacum of which
the dandelion is a member. Of these one has not been found outside of ..."
3. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"Similarly, the daisies (genus Bellis), the sunflowers (genus Helianthus), the
dandelions (genus Taraxacum), and many similar genera are grouped into one ..."
4. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"genus Taraxacum,* Haller. B. & H., Gen., ii, p. 522. Species variously estimated
at 6 to 40, natives chiefly of the temperate regions of the Northern ..."
5. Swedish Catalogue ...: International Exhibition, 1876. Philadelphia by Elis Sidenbladh (1876)
"(d) genus Taraxacum produces Lion's-tooth salad (T. officinale); but little used.
For the same purpose the following are likewise cultivated : Spinach (of ..."
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