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Definition of Genus lewisia
1. Noun. Genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers.
Exact synonyms: Lewisia
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae, Purslane Family
Member holonyms: Lewisia Cotyledon, Siskiyou Lewisia, Bitterroot, Lewisia Rediviva
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae, Purslane Family
Member holonyms: Lewisia Cotyledon, Siskiyou Lewisia, Bitterroot, Lewisia Rediviva
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lewisia
Literary usage of Genus lewisia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Genera of Recent Mollusca: Arranged According to Their Organization by Henry Adams, Arthur Adams (1858)
"Genus LEWISIA, Chitty. Shell sub-discoidal ; aperture semi-ovate ; peristome
continuous, with a spiral callus at the base excessively developed, ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1857)
"These and two others I shall call Genus LEWISIA, in compliment to Prof. Lewis Agassiz.
The genera will stand thus :— Secondly, those beautiful ones, ..."
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