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Definition of Genus caltha
1. Noun. A genus of Caltha.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Buttercup Family, Crowfoot Family, Family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae
Member holonyms: Caltha Palustris, Cowslip, Kingcup, Marsh Marigold, May Blob, Meadow Bright, Water Dragon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Caltha
Literary usage of Genus caltha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"... which genus Caltha chiefly difiera in having a calyx and corolla mixed together,
no scale at the base of the petals, and many seeds in each carpel. ..."
2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The genus, Caltha, is of northern habitat and numbers about ten species, of which
seven are native to North America; of these seven, two encircle the globe. ..."
3. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1837)
"I must go seek some dew-drop? here, The American cowslip belongs to the genus
Caltha, of the class ..."
4. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York by New York Academy of Sciences (1828)
"In the system of De Candolle it is placed in the genus Caltha, and together with C.
appendiculata, forms a separate section, under the name of ..."
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