Definition of Genus Comandra

1. Noun. Small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants.

Exact synonyms: Comandra
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Santalaceae, Sandalwood Family, Santalaceae
Member holonyms: Bastard Toadflax, Comandra Pallida

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Comandra

genus Colaptes
genus Colchicum
genus Coleonyx
genus Coleus
genus Colinus
genus Collinsia
genus Collinsonia
genus Collocalia
genus Colobus
genus Colocasia
genus Coluber
genus Colubrina
genus Columba
genus Columnea
genus Colutea
genus Comandra (current term)
genus Comatula
genus Combretum
genus Commelina
genus Commiphora
genus Compsognathus
genus Comptonia
genus Condylura
genus Conepatus
genus Conferva
genus Conilurus
genus Coniogramme
genus Conium
genus Connarus
genus Connochaetes

Literary usage of Genus Comandra

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

1. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1821)
"Thus in making a new genus Comandra of Thesium umbellatum and a genus Epifagus of Orobanche Virginiana, in separating the genus Juglans into Juglans and ..."

2. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by Taylor and Francis, William Jardine (1853)
"In the Botanical Text-book, I had called attention to the related genus Comandra, which replaces Thesium in this country, as likely to exhibit the same ..."

3. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"Order Santalaceae ( Sandal-wood Family). r genus, I .species: genus Comandra (Bastard Toad Flax). C. umbellata. Medical properties: Tonic, febrifuge. ..."

4. The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1861)
"... the genus which Supplies the fragrant sandal-wood of the East, has with us but one genus, Comandra Nutt. Calyx bell-shaped, becoming urn-shaped; ..."

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