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Definition of Genus Tofieldia
1. Noun. Genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: False Asphodel, Scotch Asphodel, Tofieldia Pusilla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tofieldia
Literary usage of Genus Tofieldia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1819)
"A Botanical History of the genus Tofieldia, By Sir James Edward ... The genus
Tofieldia has occasioned much difference of opinion among botanists, ..."
2. Transactions of the Linnean Societyby Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library by Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library (1867)
"1 . Some information respecting the Lignum Rhodium . A botanical history of the
genus Tofieldia . xii. 235 . Characters of two species of ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1819)
"On the genus Tofieldia, 292. Snake-eater, account of, 378. Snow, Red, obs.respecting,
348. Soils, on the adaptation of Solitude, literary, essay on, 86. ..."
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