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Definition of Genus mitchella
1. Noun. Creeping evergreen herbs of North America.
Exact synonyms: Mitchella
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rubiaceae, Madder Family, Rubiaceae
Member holonyms: Boxberry, Mitchella Repens, Partridgeberry, Twinberry
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rubiaceae, Madder Family, Rubiaceae
Member holonyms: Boxberry, Mitchella Repens, Partridgeberry, Twinberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mitchella
Literary usage of Genus mitchella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"Medical properties: Diuretic, diaphoretic, demulcent, expectorant; herb of
Goosegrass—aperient, refrigerant. genus mitchella. ..."
2. Heredity and Evolution in Plants by Charles Stuart Gager (1920)
"Rubiaceae is the genus Mitchella, also relatively primitive, and containing only
two species, one in Japan, the other the Partridge berry (M. repens) in ..."
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