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Definition of Genus Bassia
1. Noun. Summer cypress.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Chenopodiaceae, Family Chenopodiaceae, Goosefoot Family
Member holonyms: Bassia Scoparia, Belvedere, Burning Bush, Fire Bush, Fire-bush, Kochia Scoparia, Summer Cypress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bassia
Literary usage of Genus Bassia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1886)
"... A globular five-celled fruit of large curing about five inches in diameter),
which presents all (logic characteristics of the genus Bassia among ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The genus Bassia contains species valuable for the oils which they yield.
The seeds of Mimusops Elengi also yield oil abundantly. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Under this name are comprised a number of oik belonging to the genus Bassia.
The most important oils (or fats) derived from Bassia species are ..."
4. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"belong to the genus Bassia, of the order Sapo- tacea;; the butter-trees of Guiana
and Brazil to the genus Caryocar (qv), of the order C'aryo- ..."
5. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1867)
"... &c., which aro solid at common temperatures. Butter-tree. A name given to
certain remarkable, trees of the genus Bassia, one of which, Bassia Parlai, ..."
6. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"... and from trees, probably of the genus Bassia, growing in the western countries
of the Archipelago. ..."
7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Under this name are comprised a number of oils belonging to the genus Bassia.
The most important oils (or fats) derived from Saleta species are ..."
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