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Definition of Genus gomphrena
1. Noun. Genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia.
Exact synonyms: Gomphrena
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Amaranth Family, Amaranthaceae, Family Amaranthaceae
Member holonyms: Bachelor's Button, Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena Globosa
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Amaranth Family, Amaranthaceae, Family Amaranthaceae
Member holonyms: Bachelor's Button, Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena Globosa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gomphrena
Literary usage of Genus gomphrena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The plant known as Globe Amaranth belongs to another genus— Gomphrena. The name
of this genus is often written ..."
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