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Definition of Genus phlomis
1. Noun. Large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves.
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Phlomis, Jerusalem Sage, Phlomis Fruticosa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Phlomis
Literary usage of Genus phlomis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"... all the genus; Phlomis fruticosus ; Prinos, all the genus ; Rhamnus alaternus,
balearicus, and its varieties; ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"... do not find that Pulmonaria was ever known as Phlomis, and the name Jerusalem
Sage or Sage of Jerusalem was not given to the genus Phlomis until later ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"¡omis, and the name Jerusalem Sage or Sage of Jerusalem was not given to the
genus Phlomis until later (Millers Gard. Diet.), although P. fruticosa was ..."
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