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Definition of Maclura

1. Noun. Yellowwood trees or shrubs.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maclura

Literary usage of Maclura

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"jHE genus maclura embraces but one species, indigenous to North America, a lactescent ... Closely allied to the maclura, is the celebrated Árbol de la Vaca, ..."

2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1836)
"In the month of May I had a few thousand eggs to hatch ; and, during the three first ages, the worms were fed exclusively on the leaves of the maclura. ..."

3. Illinois as it is: Its History, Geography, Statistics, Constitution, Laws by Frederick Gerhard (1857)
"THE maclura HEDGE. THE first settlers of the country, who took good care to locate as near the groves as practicable, had no difficulty in enclosing their ..."

4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"of flowering, it resembles the latter of its supposed parents.— HH BARTLETT, Gray Herbarium. maclura ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1891)
"... hog cholera Is extremely interesting and promises to be of practical application. CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF OSAGE ORANGE (maclura AURANTIACA) LEAVES AND A ..."

6. Illinois as it is: Its History, Geography, Statistics, Constitution, Laws by Frederick Gerhard (1857)
"THE maclura HEDGE. THE first settlers of the country, who took good care to locate as near the groves as practicable, had no difficulty in enclosing their ..."

7. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1891)
"... hog cholera Is extremely interesting and promises to be of practical application. CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF OSAGE ORANGE (maclura AURANTIACA) LEAVES AND A ..."

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