Definition of Genus Monotropa

1. Noun. Leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Monotropa

genus Moloch
genus Molothrus
genus Molucella
genus Molva
genus Momordica
genus Momotus
genus Monarda
genus Monardella
genus Moneses
genus Monilia
genus Monocanthus
genus Monochamus
genus Monodon
genus Monomorium
genus Mononychus
genus Monotropa (current term)
genus Monstera
genus Montezuma
genus Montia
genus Morchella
genus Morone
genus Morus
genus Moschus
genus Motacilla
genus Mucor
genus Mucuna
genus Mugil
genus Muhlenbergia
genus Mulloidichthys
genus Mullus

Literary usage of Genus Monotropa

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

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"jA natural order of dicotyledonous plants of the cohort Ericales, typified by the genus Monotropa. It Is composed of leafless parasitic herbs, ..."

2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"This includes the European species, whilst the old genus Monotropa embraces two American species, ..."

3. The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of by George Long, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1846)
"‘rhis includes the European sl)ecies, whilst the old genus, Monotropa, embraces two American species, ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Of the genus Monotropa, M. Hypopitys only has received consideration, and all references made in text-books hitherto have referred to this plant. ..."

5. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"... are sometimes grouped the saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa. There are two representatives of this genus which are common in the United States, ..."

6. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"... are sometimes grouped the saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa. There are two representatives of this genus which are common in the United States, ..."

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