Definition of Genus Athrotaxis

1. Noun. A genus of gymnosperm.

Exact synonyms: Athrotaxis
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Cupressaceae, Cypress Family, Family Cupressaceae
Member holonyms: Athrotaxis Selaginoides, King William Pine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Athrotaxis

genus Asplenium
genus Astacus
genus Aster
genus Astilbe
genus Astragalus
genus Astrantia
genus Astreus
genus Astroloma
genus Astronium
genus Astrophyton
genus Astropogon
genus Ateles
genus Athene
genus Atherinopsis
genus Atherurus
genus Athrotaxis (current term)
genus Athyrium
genus Atrichornis
genus Atriplex
genus Atropa
genus Attalea
genus Atticus
genus Aucuba
genus Aulacorhyncus
genus Aulostomus
genus Aureolaria
genus Auricularia
genus Auriparus
genus Australopithecus
genus Austrocedrus

Literary usage of Genus Athrotaxis

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

1. Veitch's Manual of the Coniferae: Containing a General Review of the Order by Adolphus Henry Kent, James Veitch & Sons (1900)
"... too, that the nearest existing affinity of the Cryptomeria, the not less remarkable and interesting genus Athrotaxis, may have descended from these same ..."

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