Definition of Genus bumelia

1. Noun. Deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex.

Exact synonyms: Bumelia
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sapotaceae, Sapodilla Family, Sapotaceae
Member holonyms: Buckthorn

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bumelia

genus Brya
genus Bryanthus
genus Bryonia
genus Bryum
genus Bubalus
genus Bubo
genus Bubulcus
genus Bucephala
genus Buceros
genus Buchloe
genus Buckleya
genus Buddleia
genus Budorcas
genus Bufo
genus Bulnesia
genus Bumelia
genus Bungarus
genus Buphthalmum
genus Burhinus
genus Burmannia
genus Burmeisteria
genus Bursera
genus Butea
genus Buteo
genus Buxus
genus Cabomba
genus Cacajao
genus Cacalia
genus Cacatua

Literary usage of Genus bumelia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"The existing American genus Bumelia occurs in the Green River Eocene of that country, and also in the Eocene of Provence and other Old World Tertiaries. ..."

2. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: For the Use of Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"The existing American genus Bumelia occurs in the Green River Eocene of that country, and also in the Eocene of Provence and other Old World Tertiaries. ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"There are about 35 genera and 400 species, represented in our country chiefly by the genus Bumelia or buckthorn. In the "West Indies there are three ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"The second paper, by Dr. JK Small, ' The genus Bumelia in the Southern States,' described the distinctive characters of ..."

5. A Monograph of the British Eocene Flora by John Starkie Gardner, Constantin Baron Ettingshausen (1882)
"... and the genus Bumelia. The venation, however, seems to differ more from any of these than from that of some existing Ferns. The existence of sori, ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Genus bumelia on Dictionary.com!Search for Genus bumelia on Thesaurus.com!Search for Genus bumelia on Google!Search for Genus bumelia on Wikipedia!

Search