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Definition of Genus pterocarpus
1. Noun. Genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Bloodwood Tree, Kiaat, Pterocarpus Angolensis, Amboyna, Padauk, Padouk, Pterocarpus Indicus, Burma Padauk, Burmese Rosewood, Pterocarpus Macrocarpus, Kino, Pterocarpus Marsupium, Pterocarpus Santalinus, Red Sandalwood, Red Sanders, Red Sanderswood, Red Saunders
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pterocarpus
Literary usage of Genus pterocarpus
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)
"genus Pterocarpus. Dr. Möller made a careful examination of the various woods
hitherto supposed to be the true lignum ..."
2. The Indian Forester (1900)
"Three year§ ago I had occasion to allude to certain points connected with the
genus Pterocarpus which have been left or been made obscure in Indian ..."
3. Dyeing and Calico Printing: Including an Account of the Most Recent by Frederick Crace Calvert, Charles Edward Groves, John Stenhouse (1876)
"... are derived from several varieties of the genus Pterocarpus, which are indigenous
to the tropical parts of both the new and the old world. ..."
4. Botany for High Schools and Colleges by Charles Edwin Bessey (1880)
"Gum Kino is produced by large trees of India and Africa belonging to the genus
Pterocarpus. Balsam of Peru and Balsam of Tolu are the products of species of ..."
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