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Definition of Genus caragana

1. Noun. Large genus of Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small trees.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Caragana

Literary usage of Genus caragana

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

1. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"The principal species contained in the genus Caragana are low trees and large shrubs, with abruptly pinnate leaves, and pea-flowers, which are generally ..."

2. The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden: Being an Alphabetical by Jane (Webb) Loudon (1865)
"The principal species contained in the genus Caragana are low trees and large shrubs, with abruptly pinnate leaves, and pea-flowers, which are generally ..."

3. Plant Inventory by Agricultural Research Center-West (U.S.), United States Division of Botany, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States, United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Northeastern Regi (1922)
"... 11 species (Nos. to) of the genus Caragana, among which is the Siberian pea tree (C. arborescens), one of the most important hedge and shelter-belt ..."

4. Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich by Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Verein zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten (1870)
"Unter dem Namen Robinia grandiflora wurde sie zuerst als eigene Art beschrieben und dann in das genus caragana übertragen, bis wir sie in unserer ..."

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