Definition of Genus Astragalus

1. Noun. Large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae.

Exact synonyms: Astragalus
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Milk Vetch, Milk-vetch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Astragalus

genus Aspalathus
genus Asparagus
genus Aspergillus
genus Asperula
genus Asphodeline
genus Asphodelus
genus Aspidelaps
genus Aspidiotus
genus Aspidistra
genus Aspidophoroides
genus Aspis
genus Asplenium
genus Astacus
genus Aster
genus Astilbe
genus Astragalus (current term)
genus Astrantia
genus Astreus
genus Astroloma
genus Astronium
genus Astrophyton
genus Astropogon
genus Ateles
genus Athene
genus Atherinopsis
genus Atherurus
genus Athrotaxis
genus Athyrium
genus Atrichornis
genus Atriplex

Literary usage of Genus Astragalus

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

1. Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1902)
"The vast genus Astragalus is represented here by many thorny species. ... The genus Astragalus ¡s represented by over 70 species, only about three ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1888)
"The genus astragalus is truly a Western genus. East of the Mississippi there are but eight species mentioned; west of the Mississippi there are about ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1880)
"According to Professor Asa Gray, the rattle weed of California belongs to the genus Astragalus, and it seems probable that the plant described by Dr. ..."

4. American Druggist (1888)
"The genus Astragalus is truly a western genus. East of the Mississippi there are about sixty-four. During the past summer it has been my object to specially ..."

5. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... doe!, resemblance), (1) dice- shaped (Heinig) ; (2) having affinity with the genus Astragalus. ..."

6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... and the only one regularly found in commerce, is obtained from several species of small shrubs of the genus Astragalus, found in Asia Minor. ..."

7. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1891)
"... as none of the species of the genus Astragalus as now constituted, which grows in that part of Indiana has seeds sufficiently large to breed the insect. ..."

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