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Definition of Genus ambrosia
1. Noun. Comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae.
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Ambrosia, Bitterweed, Ragweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ambrosia
Literary usage of Genus ambrosia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies by Edward Pollock Anshutz (1900)
"... attention has been called to the species of the genus Ambrosia (the Rag Weeds)
as being, through the agency of their pollen, the cause of hay fever. ..."
2. California Plants in Their Homes: A Botanical Reader for Children by Alice Merritt Davidson (1898)
"The Ambrosia tribe, in spite of its mellifluous name, contains some ugly weeds;
the genus Ambrosia includes the rag-weed, so troublesome in Eastern States, ..."
3. The Climatic Treatment of Children by Frederick L. Wachenheim (1907)
"Britton and Brown2 give the following distribution for the genus Ambrosia : Nova
Scotia to Florida, west to British Columbia and Mexico. ..."
4. With Feet to the Earth by Charles Montgomery Skinner (1899)
"Was the desperation of Latin naming ever shown better than in dubbing this genus
ambrosia? That was food for the gods. The pigs don't eat this, I think, ..."
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