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Definition of Genus Cotinus
1. Noun. Smoke trees.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Anacardiaceae, Family Anacardiaceae, Sumac Family
Member holonyms: Smoke Bush, Smoke Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cotinus
Literary usage of Genus Cotinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Genus COTINUS, Linn. The American Smoke Tree (Cotinus Americanus, Nutt.) shows by
its pithy stems, aromatic, resinous juice, and general habit, ..."
2. Genera Florae Americae Boreali-orientalis Illustrata: The Genera of the by Asa Gray (1849)
"... genus Cotinus. I doubt if this is really the case, but possess no fruit quite
perfect enough to settle the point. PROPERTIES. These are very similar in ..."
3. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1916)
"The allied genus Cotinus, which contains 2 or 3 existing species in Eurasia and
North America, is probably represented by some of the fossil forms referred ..."
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