Definition of Genus nauclea

1. Noun. Small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves.

Exact synonyms: Nauclea
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rubiaceae, Madder Family, Rubiaceae
Member holonyms: Nauclea Diderrichii, Opepe, Sarcocephalus Diderrichii

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nauclea

genus Myxocephalus
genus Nabalus
genus Naemorhedus
genus Nageia
genus Naias
genus Naja
genus Najas
genus Nanomia
genus Napaea
genus Narcissus
genus Narthecium
genus Nasalis
genus Nasturtium
genus Nasua
genus Natrix
genus Nauclea
genus Naucrates
genus Nautilus
genus Necturus
genus Negaprion
genus Nelumbo
genus Nemophila
genus Neoceratodus
genus Neofiber
genus Neohygrophorus
genus Neolentinus
genus Neomys
genus Neophron
genus Neotoma
genus Nepa

Literary usage of Genus nauclea

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

1. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"The type of the genus Nauclea, and the sole species cited under this name in the original publication, is Nauclea oriental-is Linn. ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"... and, it is affirmed, in the bark of all the plants of the genus Nauclea. It baa been given in diarrhoea and dysentery, and as a febrifuge. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1895)
"Drug., 1895, 71. Some Medicinal Products from the Straits Settlements.—EM Holmes says that Biah, which was believed to belong to the genus Nauclea, ..."

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