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Definition of Genus Alocasia
1. Noun. Tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Araceae, Arum Family, Family Araceae
Member holonyms: Alocasia, Elephant Ear, Elephant's Ear
Group relationships: Araceae, Arum Family, Family Araceae
Member holonyms: Alocasia, Elephant Ear, Elephant's Ear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Alocasia
Literary usage of Genus Alocasia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich by Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Verein zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten (1869)
"... von Veitch und Söhne in London möchte kaum eine Art des genus Alocasia darstellen
und vielleicht zu ..."
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