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Definition of Genus helicteres
1. Noun. Genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another.
Exact synonyms: Helicteres
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Screw Tree
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Screw Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Helicteres
Literary usage of Genus helicteres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Natural History (1831)
"... as the name of a new genus of land shells from the South Seas, not being aware
that it formed one of the sections of the French genus Helicteres. ..."