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Definition of Genus rosa
1. Noun. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Rose, Rosebush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Rosa
Literary usage of Genus rosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1849)
"It belongs to the genus Rosa. There is no seed vessel, or proper pericarp to the
... The genus Rosa contains many species, distinguished one from another, ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"The characters of the genus Rosa are—calyx 5-parted, .... Don, 'genus rosa,' in
Miller's Gardener's Dictionary.) KOS.VCK. ..."
3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"The genus Rosa is in a state of confusion still greater than that which subsists
... The best scientific work on the genus Rosa is considered to be the ..."
4. The Elements of Inductive Logic by Thomas Fowler (1883)
"Thus, when we speak of the genus ' Rosa,' we are employing the nomenclature of
Botany; but, when we say that the individuals of the genus 'Rosa' have 'their ..."
5. The Midland Naturalist: Journal of the Midland Union of Natural History edited by Edward W. Badger, William Jerome Harrison, William Hillhouse (1878)
"... hence it was that I hailed with pleasure the appearance of Mr. JG Baker's
valuable monograph of the genus Rosa, published in Vol. ..."
6. The Naturalist by Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, Yorkshire Naturalists'Union (1865)
"From this account of the different methods proposed for establishing sections in
the genus Rosa, two of the classifications appear to merit attention; ..."
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