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Definition of Larrea
1. Noun. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Bean-caper Family, Family Zygophyllaceae, Zygophyllaceae
Member holonyms: Coville, Creosote Bush, Hediondilla, Larrea Tridentata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Larrea
Literary usage of Larrea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to by William Hemsley Emory (1848)
"The larrea tven WHS scarcely seen, and dreariness seemed to mantle the earth.
The arroyo by which we descended to the river was cut from a bed rf reddish ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... early in life to Cadiz, prospered in business, professed tha Catholic faith,
and married Dona Francisca do larrea, a member of the Spanish aristocracy. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"The larrea in the Mesilla Valley occupies only the higher levels, its lower limit,
... But in the Salt River Valley the larrea covers the whole area, ..."
4. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1900)
"Gray of the exact tint of the stems of larrea on which it was found, the gray
everywhere made up of black and white marbling in little long oval patches ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1892)
"It is of a beautiful rich green, variegated with velvet-brown, black and
silvery-white, and apparently lives only on the larrea on the mesas. ..."
6. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"According to Pantanelli, a tier-like structure is exhibited by the xylem-mass
also in larrea cuneifolia, The vascular system of the root is ..."
7. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association, American Ethnological Society (1892)
"In its crude form the larrea gum occurs in the form of small, reddish, amber-colored
masses on the twigs of the shrub, and is deposited there by a minute ..."
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