Definition of Genus Mangifera

1. Noun. Tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit.

Exact synonyms: Mangifera
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Anacardiaceae, Family Anacardiaceae, Sumac Family
Member holonyms: Mangifera Indica, Mango, Mango Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mangifera

genus Malopterurus
genus Malosma
genus Malpighia
genus Malus
genus Malva
genus Malvastrum
genus Malvaviscus
genus Mammea
genus Mammillaria
genus Mammut
genus Mammuthus
genus Mandevilla
genus Mandragora
genus Mandrillus
genus Manduca
genus Mangifera (current term)
genus Manihot
genus Manilkara
genus Manis
genus Manta
genus Mantis
genus Maranta
genus Marasmius
genus Marattia
genus Marchantia
genus Marmota
genus Marrubium
genus Marsilea
genus Martes
genus Martynia

Literary usage of Genus Mangifera

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

1. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"About forty species of the genus Mangifera are recognized by botanists, most of them coming from the Malayan region. Several are cultivated for their fruits ..."

2. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1916)
"One hundred and thirty pesos to P150 per M. Genus MANGIFERA. A genus of six or more species, of which by far the best known is the mango (Mangifera indica ..."

3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1856)
"At the time of his death he was engaged in drawing up an illustrated monograph of the genus Mangifera, which, it is hoped, will be in such a state as to ..."

4. The Student's Reference Work: A Cyclopaedia for Teachers, Students, and Families by Chandler Belden Beach, Graeme Mercer Adam (1901)
"Man'go, a fruit of the genus Mangifera, which contains 27 species of tropical Asiatic trees. M. Indica yields the common mango and is cultivated throughout ..."

5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1856)
"At the time of his death he was engaged in drawing up an illustrated monograph of the genus Mangifera, which, it is hoped, will be in such a state as to ..."

6. The Mango: Its Culture and Varieties by G. Marshall Woodrow (1904)
"THE Mango is an errant member of a family whose home is in Malaya; including the Mango and its near relations, eleven species of the genus Mangifera grow in ..."

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