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Definition of Genus Wintera
1. Noun. Evergreen shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Winteraceae, Winter's Bark Family, Winteraceae
Member holonyms: Pepper Shrub, Pseudowintera Colorata, Wintera Colorata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Wintera
Literary usage of Genus Wintera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Science and the Arts by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1817)
"... was not then able to determine its genus, he was quite satisfied that it
belonged to the family of the Magnolia, and most probably to the genus Wintera. ..."
2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1817)
"Bonpland and Zea, there is reason to consider the plant as belonging to the family
of magnolia, and very probably to the genus wintera. ..."
3. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1817)
"Bonpland and Zea, there is reason to consider the plant as belonging to the family
of magnolia, and very probably to the genus wintera. ..."