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Definition of Genus exacum
1. Noun. Genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets.
Exact synonyms: Exacum
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Gentianaceae, Gentian Family, Gentianaceae
Member holonyms: Exacum Affine, Persian Violet
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Gentianaceae, Gentian Family, Gentianaceae
Member holonyms: Exacum Affine, Persian Violet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Exacum
Literary usage of Genus exacum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1856)
"E. THE interesting genus Exacum comprises about twenty specics, natives of the
high mountains of the tropical regions of Asia. ..."
2. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1812)
"In Gentiana campestris, and G. filiformis, the blossoms have only 4 clefts, but
the latter is now removed t» the genus Exacum. XANTHIUM. Tourn. 252. ..."
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