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Definition of Genus galega
1. Noun. Small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Galega Officinalis, Goat Rue, Goat's Rue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Galega
Literary usage of Genus galega
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"genus galega GALERA (Greek, gala, milk ; supposed to increase the milk of goats
fed upon it). A genus of erect perennial herbs containing only three species ..."
2. Muhlenbergia: A Journal of Botany edited by Amos Arthur Heller, Patrick Beveridge Kennedy (1909)
"... affinities are probably with the genus Cracca, since Linnaeus, in the second
edition of his work, referred his species of Cracca to the genus Galega. ..."
3. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1893)
"There are several species of the genus Galega, but we have not been able to find
a species recorded which is represented by the ..."
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