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Definition of Genus phoradendron
1. Noun. Any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Viscaceae, Mistletoe Family, Viscaceae
Member holonyms: False Mistletoe, Mistletoe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Phoradendron
Literary usage of Genus phoradendron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"It is fortunate for botanists that the author of this excellent treatise has made
so thorough a revision of the genus Phoradendron instead of being content ..."
2. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1889)
"They are distinguished from the genus Phoradendron by having the anthers affixed
at the middle of the perianth- segments, while in Phoradendron they are ..."
3. Memoirs by American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Southern California Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences (1849)
"The genus Phoradendron has recently been briefly indicated by Nuttall (in Jour.
Acad. Philad. n, ser. 1. p. 185), but was unknown to Dr. Engelmann when he ..."
4. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"THE genus phoradendron % BY WILLIAM TRELEASE A monograph of the exclusively
American genus to which the mistletoe belongs; morphology ana geographic ..."
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