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Definition of Genus corylus

1. Noun. Deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Corylus

Literary usage of Genus corylus

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

1. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"HAZEL, the common name for shrubs or small trees of the genus corylus, ... There are seven recognized species of the genus corylus, two of which are natives ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"7- Notes on the genus Corylus. By ED. SPACH. (Ann. des Sc. Nat. ns xvi. 98.) GENERIC CHARACTERS. ..."

3. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1900)
"... and in the genus Corylus observe a progression from Corylus Colurna with its radial orthotropous chief stem to Corylus Avellana in which the distichous ..."

4. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Birches, alders, and that shrubby genus Corylus, the hazels, are associated by family characters. America has five of the six genera that compose the family ..."

5. Forestry and Forest Products: Prize Essays of the Edinburgh International by Hugh Robert Mill, John Rattray (1885)
"Many beautiful species can be raised from seed, and the varieties are propagated by grafting or by layering. THE HAZEL. genus corylus, order ..."

6. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"Of the genus Corylus there are but two representatives in our range and they are not only both well known but readily distinguishable the one from the other ..."

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