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Definition of Genus albuca
1. Noun. Genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae.
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Albuca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Albuca
Literary usage of Genus albuca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"An Account of the genus albuca, in the Stockholm Transactions for 1784, in Swedish.
2. Observations on ihe Genus Begonia, in the Transactions of the ..."
2. Variation in Animals and Plants by Horace Middleton Vernon (1903)
"... of Lilium belonging to the group bulbiferum, and with some species of
Hemerocallis; and JH Wilson affirms the same respecting the Cape genus Albuca, ..."
3. The Poetical Works of Erasmus Darwin ...: Containing the Botanic Garden, in by Erasmus Darwin (1806)
"... the Verbena of our country has four males; that of Sweden has but two; the
genus Albuca, the Bignonia Catalpa, Gratiola, and hemlock-leaved Geranium, ..."
4. The Botanic Garden: A Poem in Two Parts Containing The Economy of Vegetation by Erasmus Darwin (1825)
"... the verbena of our country has four males ; that of Sweden has but two ; the
genus albuca, the bignonia catalpa, gratiola, and hemlock-leaved geranium, ..."
5. Variations in Animals and Plants by Horace Middleton Vernon (1902)
"... and with some species of Hemerocallis; and JH Wilson affirms the same respecting
the Cape genus Albuca, also belonging to the Liliaceae. ..."