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Definition of Genus eucalyptus

1. Noun. Tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Eucalyptus

Literary usage of Genus eucalyptus

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The genus is now receiving exhaustive treatment by JH Maiden hi his "Critical Revision of the genus eucalyptus," appearing in parts, with numerous plates. ..."

2. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1905)
"THE amount of variation in the genus Eucalyptus is especially great,* and thoughtful men will ponder over the explanations accounting for the same. ..."

3. A Contribution to the Flora of Australia by William Woolls (1867)
"THE genus eucalyptus. —*-#— T1 HIS genus, which comprises the most of our forest trees, is a very remarkable one, ..."

4. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"On hybridisation in the genus Eucalyptus. Melbourne, Rep. Austral. Assoc. Adv. Sei., 10, 1904, (297 -) ; Rep. Austr. Ass., Dunedin, 10, 1905, (297-). ..."

5. Report of the Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the by ANZAAS. (1905)
"THE amount of variation in the genus Eucalyptus is especially great,* and thoughtful men will ponder over the explanations accounting for the same. ..."

6. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"CRB A CRITICAL REVISION of the genus Eucalyptus has been undertaken by Mr. JH Maiden,5 the government botanist of New South Wales and director of the ..."

7. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In the Fuchsias the sepals are coloured like petals; in some species of the genus Eucalyptus the sepals, which are joined together so as to form a lid, ..."

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