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Definition of Genus adenanthera
1. Noun. Small genus of trees of tropical Asia and Pacific areas.
Exact synonyms: Adenanthera
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Mimosoideae, Subfamily Mimosoideae
Member holonyms: Adenanthera Pavonina, Barbados Pride, Coral-wood, Coralwood, Peacock Flower Fence, Red Sandalwood
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Mimosoideae, Subfamily Mimosoideae
Member holonyms: Adenanthera Pavonina, Barbados Pride, Coral-wood, Coralwood, Peacock Flower Fence, Red Sandalwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Adenanthera
Literary usage of Genus adenanthera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1799)
"... glands .bring it nearer to the genus adenanthera. • XXXI. Some Account of the
Cave in the Ifland of Ele- phanta. ..."
2. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1916)
"... as regards durability, being almost invariably attacked by beetles and very
frequently by wood-destroying fungi. Genus ADENANTHERA. A. intermedia Merr. ..."