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Definition of Genus baptisia
1. Noun. Genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: False Indigo, Wild Indigo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Baptisia
Literary usage of Genus baptisia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"Medical properties: Emollient; used in poultices, genus baptisia (False Indigo).
B. tinctoria (Wild I.); B. leucantha; B. australis (Blue False I.). ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1916)
"The leguminous genus Baptisia is noteworthy for containing a considerable number
of well-marked species of rather restricted distribution. ..."
3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1825)
"... and this led him still more to consider the plant as not belonging to the
genus Baptisia, but rather to Thermopsis of Mr. Brown. ..."
4. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia by Stephen Elliott (1821)
"however, and I think with propriety, the genus Baptisia has been established for
the North American species, which now form, perhaps with the exception of ..."
5. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by David Brewster (1825)
"the author by Mr. Neill; and this led him still more to consider the plant as
not belonging to the genus Baptisia, but rather to Thermopsis of Mr. Brown. ..."
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