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Definition of Genus trollius
1. Noun. Perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Buttercup Family, Crowfoot Family, Family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae
Member holonyms: Globe Flower, Globeflower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Trollius
Literary usage of Genus trollius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"... but Gray opines that "Adonis was a favorite of Venus and after death was
changed to this flower." The globe flower genus, Trollius, is another bone of ..."
2. An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are by David Booth (1836)
"This plant has been assigned by some Botanists to the kindred genus TROLLIUS, of
which we have one native species, ..."
3. Erythea: A Journal of Botany, West American and General by Willis Linn Jepson (1895)
"... therefore, as well as in foliage and the whole general appearance of the young
and vigorous plant, there is a close approach to the genus Trollius; ..."