Definition of Genus Maclura

1. Noun. Yellowwood trees or shrubs.

Exact synonyms: Maclura
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Moraceae, Moraceae, Mulberry Family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Maclura

genus Lygodium
genus Lygus
genus Lymantria
genus Lynx
genus Lyonia
genus Lyrurus
genus Lysichiton
genus Lysichitum
genus Lysiloma
genus Lysimachia
genus Lythrum
genus Macaca
genus Macadamia
genus Machaeranthera
genus Macleaya
genus Maclura (current term)
genus Macowanites
genus Macrocephalon
genus Macrocheira
genus Macroclemys
genus Macrodactylus
genus Macronectes
genus Macropus
genus Macrothelypteris
genus Macrotis
genus Macrotus
genus Macrotyloma
genus Macrozamia
genus Macrozoarces
genus Madia

Literary usage of Genus Maclura

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

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"jHE genus Maclura embraces but one species, indigenous to North America, a lactescent tree, intermediate between the fustic, (Morns tinctoria,) and the ..."

2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"OSAGE ORANGE, the name in general use for a tree of the genus Maclura, closely allied to the Osage Orange (Madura ..."

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