Definition of Genus Eriocaulon

1. Noun. Type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs.

Exact synonyms: Eriocaulon
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Eriocaulaceae, Family Eriocaulaceae, Pipewort Family
Member holonyms: Eriocaulon Aquaticum, Pipewort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Eriocaulon

genus Equetus
genus Equisetum
genus Equus
genus Eragrostis
genus Eranthis
genus Ercilla
genus Erechtites
genus Erethizon
genus Eretmochelys
genus Erianthus
genus Erica
genus Erigeron
genus Erignathus
genus Erinaceus
genus Eriobotrya
genus Eriocaulon (current term)
genus Eriodictyon
genus Eriogonum
genus Eriophorum
genus Eriophyllum
genus Eriosoma
genus Erithacus
genus Erodium
genus Erolia
genus Eruca
genus Erwinia
genus Eryngium
genus Erysimum
genus Erysiphe
genus Erythrina

Literary usage of Genus Eriocaulon

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

1. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1800)
"... valves are not keeled as in Lepidium, only concave ; neither is the pouch notched as in that genus. ERIOCAULON ..."

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