Lexic.us

Definition of Genus ajuga

1. Noun. Bugle.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ajuga

Literary usage of Genus ajuga

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1891)
"... the only species of the genus Ajuga in South Africa, which is strikingly like an orchid of the same country ; while a balsam (Impatiens capensis), ..."

2. Darwinism and Politics: With Two Additional Essays on Human Evolution by David George Ritchie (1901)
"... the only species of the genus Ajuga in South Africa, which is strikingly like an orchid; while a balsam (Impatiens capensis), also a solitary species of ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Same as ground-wire (b). ground-pine (ground'pin), n. 1. A tufted, spreading herbaceous plant of the genus Ajuga (A. ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1877)
"... other attraction in the flower itself ; and the supposition is rendered more probable by this being the only species of the genus Ajuga in South Africa. ..."

5. Tropical Nature, and Other Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace (1878)
"... other attraction in the flower itself ; and the supposition is rendered more probable by this being the only species of the genus Ajuga in South Africa. ..."

6. Natural Selection and Tropical Nature: Essays on Descriptive and Theoretical by Alfred Russel Wallace (1895)
"... probable by this being the only species of the genus Ajuga in South Africa. Many other cases of resemblances between very distinct plants have been ..."

7. The Book of Garden Design by Charles Thonger (1905)
"Statice.—Sea Lavender. The small flowers borne on wiry stems may be cut and used for winter decoration. S. latifolia is the finest of the genus. Ajuga ..."

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