Definition of Genus iberis

1. Noun. Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft.

Exact synonyms: Iberis
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Candytuft

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Iberis

genus Hypentelium
genus Hypericum
genus Hyperoglyphe
genus Hyperoodon
genus Hyphantria
genus Hypochaeris
genus Hypochoeris
genus Hypoderma
genus Hypopachus
genus Hypopitys
genus Hypoxis
genus Hypsiglena
genus Hypsiprymnodon
genus Hyracotherium
genus Hyssopus
genus Iberis
genus Ibero-mesornis
genus Ibis
genus Ichthyosaurus
genus Ichthyostega
genus Ictalurus
genus Icteria
genus Icterus
genus Ictiobus
genus Ictonyx
genus Idesia
genus Iguana
genus Iguanodon
genus Ilex
genus Iliamna

Literary usage of Genus iberis

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

1. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1864)
"The unusual petal-form of the genus Iberis prompted me to examine Iberis amara (Fig. 2), and I was fully repaid for my pains. It was manifest that whilst ..."

2. The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical by Alexander Chalmers (1816)
"... and many grains of allowance, are admitted all the papilionaceous tribe, the cruciform genus Iberis, the Euphorbia, and a few things besides. ..."

3. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1877)
"... genus Iberis. The majority of the species are perennial, but some are annuals, and a few are biennial, are found in the mountainous districts of the ..."

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