Definition of Pedilanthus

1. Noun. Tropical American succulent shrubs.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pedilanthus
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Euphorbiaceae, Family Euphorbiaceae, Spurge Family
Member holonyms: Slipper Plant, Slipper Spurge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedilanthus

Pecquet's reservoir
Pecten irradians
Pecten magellanicus
Pectinibranchia
Pectinidae
Pedaliaceae
Pediamycin
Pediapred
Pediculidae
Pediculoides ventricosus
Pediculus capitis
Pediculus corporis
Pediculus humanus
Pedilanthus (current term)
Pedilanthus bracteatus
Pedilanthus pavonis
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Pediocactus
Pediocactus knowltonii
Pedioecetes
Pedioecetes phasianellus
Pedionomus
Pedionomus torquatus
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Pee Dee
Pee Dee River
Peelite
Peelites

Literary usage of Pedilanthus

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... represented almost wholly by the great genus Euphorbia, although a few- species of Pedilanthus are to be included. ..."

2. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1825)
"This is surely a good genus ; Pedilanthus is the older name, though having the same meaning as Mr. Haworth's ..."

3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"... as well as in Pedilanthus carinatus. The strongly refractive (silicified ?) bodies, observed by Knauf on the walls of the epidermal cells in the ..."

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