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Definition of Genus Vicia
1. Noun. Widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Vetch, Tare, Broad Bean, Broad-bean, Broad-bean Plant, English Bean, European Bean, Field Bean, Vicia Faba, Hairy Tare, Hairy Vetch, Vicia Villosa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Vicia
Literary usage of Genus Vicia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The species of the genus Vicia are usually climbing herbs with abruptly pinnate
leaves, with many pairs oi leaflets, the common petiole terminating in a ..."
2. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"The species of the genus Vicia are usually climbing herbs with abruptly pinnate
leaves, with many paire of leaflets, the common petiole terminating in a ..."
3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"It was introduced from Chili in 1815, and is propagated by cuttings. Vetch.
The common name for the genus Vicia. Bustard or Bladder. ..."
4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1897)
"... it being most misleading when used in the popular or non-scientific sense,
for a number so named do not belong to the genus vicia at all, as— Chickling ..."
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