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Definition of Genus tephrosia
1. Noun. Genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Hoary Pea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tephrosia
Literary usage of Genus tephrosia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"... many beans of the genus Tephrosia, growing as creepers or erect shrubs with
flowers usually a rich purple, but in one species ( Tephrosia Vogelii) with ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1901)
"The genus Cracca was employed by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum, '753> f°r s'x
species, all subsequently referred to the later genus Tephrosia of Persoon, ..."
3. My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa: As Medical Officer of the Emin by Thomas Heazle Parke (1891)
"... The properties of the genus Tephrosia appear to be of a narcotic character,
but required further investigation.* It is obvious, therefore, ..."
4. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... hushes of the i>ea, family, which were at one time placed In the genus Tephrosia,
from which they differ in having no cup-shaped disc round the ovary. ..."
5. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... in which G. Cohn found rounded secretory cells with resinous contents, belongs
to the genus Tephrosia (see ..."
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