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Definition of Pterocarya
1. Noun. Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Juglandaceae, Juglandaceae, Walnut Family
Member holonyms: Wing Nut, Wing-nut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterocarya
Literary usage of Pterocarya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London Trees: Being an Account of the Trees that Succeed in London, with a by Angus Duncan Webster (1920)
"pterocarya fraxinifolia THIS is a comparatively rare tree, one of the largest
specimens in London growing by the path side between the Victoria and ..."
2. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"pterocarya fraxinifolia, Spach, a tree of Armenia, the Caucasus, and North
Persia (hardy in England), with 12 pair of serrate leaflets, the male catkins at ..."
3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"We have seen that in the fruit of pterocarya four hollow spaces gradually form
... The fruit of pterocarya is much smaller than that of the Walnut, ..."
4. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... Juglans regia and pterocarya sorbifolia, besides having large glands, have
others with a very small shield, divided into four cells by two vertical ..."
5. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1896)
"The fruit of pterocarya is much smaller than that of the Walnut, the ancestors of
... pterocarya and of the Walnut offer several remarkable differences. ..."
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