Definition of Genus conocarpus

1. Noun. Monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree.

Exact synonyms: Conocarpus
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Combretaceae, Combretum Family, Family Combretaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Conocarpus

genus Comandra
genus Comatula
genus Combretum
genus Commelina
genus Commiphora
genus Compsognathus
genus Comptonia
genus Condylura
genus Conepatus
genus Conferva
genus Conilurus
genus Coniogramme
genus Conium
genus Connarus
genus Connochaetes
genus Conocarpus
genus Conoclinium
genus Conopodium
genus Conradina
genus Consolida
genus Contopus
genus Conuropsis
genus Convallaria
genus Convolvulus
genus Conyza
genus Copernicia
genus Coprinus
genus Coptis
genus Coracias

Literary usage of Genus conocarpus

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

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1847)
"... a tree totally distinct from the white mangrove, which belongs to the genus Conocarpus. The shade of these trees affords harbour during the day to ..."

2. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1919)
"The genus Conocarpus has been detected by the writer in the undescribed Eocene flora of the Wilcox group of the Mississippi embay - ment area, and a typical ..."

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