Definition of Genus macleaya

1. Noun. A perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy.

Exact synonyms: Macleaya
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Papaveraceae, Papaveraceae, Poppy Family
Member holonyms: Bocconia, Macleaya Cordata, Plume Poppy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Macleaya

genus Lyginopteris
genus Lygodium
genus Lygus
genus Lymantria
genus Lynx
genus Lyonia
genus Lyrurus
genus Lysichiton
genus Lysichitum
genus Lysiloma
genus Lysimachia
genus Lythrum
genus Macaca
genus Macadamia
genus Machaeranthera
genus Macleaya
genus Maclura
genus Macowanites
genus Macrocephalon
genus Macrocheira
genus Macroclemys
genus Macrodactylus
genus Macronectes
genus Macropus
genus Macrothelypteris
genus Macrotis
genus Macrotus
genus Macrotyloma
genus Macrozamia
genus Macrozoarces

Literary usage of Genus macleaya

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

1. A Monograph of the Culicidae, Or Mosquitoes by Frederick Vincent Theobald (1907)
"... base of the wing on the mesothorax ; probably the specimen had been slightly rubbed.—[FV T]. genus macleaya. Theobald. The Entomologist, Vol. XXXVI., p. ..."

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