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Definition of Genus bidens
1. Noun. Bur marigolds.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Beggar's-ticks, Beggar-ticks, Bur Marigold, Burr Marigold, Sticktight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bidens
Literary usage of Genus bidens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pittonia by Edward Lee Greene (1905)
"... to my mind a very natural one, of which the genus Bidens is typical. It embraces
such other genera as Coreopsis, Cosmos, Thelesperma, ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"It is curious that these showy plants should be closely related to a common weed,
the beggar's tick, of the genus Bidens ; but other species of Dahlia have ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"We do not anticipate a loss of the genus Bidens, however, though probably no
collector would object to its thorough extermination from our flora, ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"It is curious that these showy plants should be closely related to a common weed,
the beggar's tick, of the genus Bidens; but other species of Dahlia have ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"They are characterized less by critical acumen than by learning and fullness.
BUB-MARIGOLD. A popular name of the widely distributed genus Bidens, ..."
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