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Definition of Genus Teucrium
1. Noun. Large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Germander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Teucrium
Literary usage of Genus Teucrium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... Teucrium montanum, &c., the hosts being invariably species of the genus Teucrium.
Suppose a bill thickly covered with plants comprising Teucrium ..."
2. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents Of The Committee On Common Problems Of by Joe Cain (2004)
"The genus Teucrium is an herbaceous or sometimes shrubby genus which is represented
in the new world by two species groups which differ markedly in growth ..."
3. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"A plant of the genus Teucrium. WATER GILDING. The process of gilding by the
application of an amalgam of gold to the surface of metals ; the mercury being ..."
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