Definition of Pyrularia

1. Noun. Small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pyrularia
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Santalaceae, Sandalwood Family, Santalaceae
Member holonyms: Buffalo Nut, Pyrularia Pubera, Rabbitwood

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrularia

Pyrrhic victories
Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhocoridae
Pyrrhonian
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonisms
Pyrrhonist
Pyrrhonists
Pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhuloxia sinuata
Pyrrhus
Pyrrophyta
Pyrrosia
Pyrrosia lingua
Pyrularia (current term)
Pyrularia pubera
Pyrus
Pyrus communis
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pythagoras
Pythagorean
Pythagorean theorem
Pythagorean triple
Pythagoreanism
Pythagoreans
Pythagorism
Pythagorize
Pythagorized
Pythagorizes

Literary usage of Pyrularia

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

1. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1868)
"I suppose, in fact, it agrees with Pyrularia in this respect. The curious structure of the endocarp is well figured by Blume. In the analytical key prefixed ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"Three species, the following and two Asiatic. i. Pyrularia ... Pyrularia oleifera A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 382. 1858. A straggling or erect much branched shrub, ..."

3. De Bow's Review by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell (1859)
"Among several shrubs which we obtained for cultivation the Pyrularia oleifera or oil-nut is peculiarly interesting. It grows to the height of from five to ..."

4. DeBow's Review ...: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress & Resources by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell (1859)
"Among several shrubs which we obtained for cultivation the Pyrularia oleifera or oil-nut is peculiarly interesting. It grows to the height of from five to ..."

5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"Squirrels are fond of it, and cattle have a great liking for the young branches and leaves of the Pyrularia. Last spring we saw an abundance of it in the ..."

6. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... Osyris, Pyrularia ... S. et Z. by Behm), and are also present in Pyrularia, according to Chatin. ..."

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