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Definition of Genus avicennia
1. Noun. Small genus of tropical shrubs or trees.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Verbenaceae, Verbena Family, Verbenaceae, Vervain Family
Member holonyms: Avicennia Marina, Black Mangrove, Avicennia Officinalis, White Mangrove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Avicennia
Literary usage of Genus avicennia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Another plant of similar habit, especially a plant of the genus Avicennia.
They are littoral trees, widely diffused in the tropics, throwing out a tangled ..."
2. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1917)
"Family 14, VERBENACEAE Genus AVICENNIA Trees of Avicennia are distinguished from
all others in the swamps by the lower surface of the leaves being light ..."
3. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1916)
"The genus Avicennia includes about 30 existing species widely distributed on the
muddy tidal shores of the Tropics of both hemispheres. Occurrence. ..."
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