Definition of Genus cydonia

1. Noun. Quince.

Exact synonyms: Cydonia
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Cydonia Oblonga, Quince, Quince Bush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cydonia

genus Cuscuta
genus Cuterebra
genus Cyamopsis
genus Cyamus
genus Cyanocitta
genus Cyathea
genus Cycas
genus Cyclamen
genus Cycloloma
genus Cyclopes
genus Cyclophorus
genus Cyclops
genus Cyclopterus
genus Cyclosorus
genus Cycnoches
genus Cydonia
genus Cygnus
genus Cymbidium
genus Cynancum
genus Cynara
genus Cynips
genus Cynocephalus
genus Cynodon
genus Cynoglossum
genus Cynomys
genus Cynopterus
genus Cynoscion
genus Cyon
genus Cyperus
genus Cyphomandra

Literary usage of Genus cydonia

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

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"JHE genus Cydonia consists of low, deciduous trees or shrubs, natives of Europe and Asia, which are easily propagated by layers, and by grafting on the ..."

2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"The validity of the genus Pyronia, proposed by Veitch, is open to discussion, because some botanists do not admit the validity of the genus Cydonia. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1898)
"... of any intermediate or connecting forms. The seven necessary changes thus left are as follows : 1. The genus Cydonia is maintained for the Quince. 2. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1898)
"... of any intermediate or connecting forms. The seven necessary changes thus left are as follows : 1. The genus Cydonia is maintained for the Quince. 2. ..."

5. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"... Delavayi Schneider) is transferred to the genus Cydonia as C. Delavayi Card.—Adele Lewis Grant. 1017. CHALLINOR, RW, EDWIN CHEEL, ANDA. R. PENFOLD. ..."

6. Horticulture for Schools by Arnold Valentine Stubenrauch, Milo Nelson Wood, Charles Junius Booth (1922)
"For example, in the Rose family it is possible to graft some kinds of pears (genus Pyrus) upon the quince (genus Cydonia), but it is not possible to grow ..."

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