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Definition of Genus Myrrhis
1. Noun. European perennial herbs having pinnate leaves and umbels of white flowers.
Exact synonyms: Myrrhis
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Apiaceae, Carrot Family, Family Apiaceae, Family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae
Member holonyms: Myrrhis Odorata, Sweet Cicely
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Apiaceae, Carrot Family, Family Apiaceae, Family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae
Member holonyms: Myrrhis Odorata, Sweet Cicely
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Myrrhis
Literary usage of Genus Myrrhis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supplement to the English Botany of the Late Sir J. E. Smith and Mr. Sowerby by William Jackson Hooker, William Borrer, James Sowerby (1831)
"The genus Myrrhis being very properly limited to 3/. odorata, the Scandix odorata
of Linnaeus, we have followed Hoffmann, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Science: A Guide for the Pharmaceutist by Hiram V. Sweringen (1882)
"A North American umbelliferous plant of the genus Osmor- rhiza, having aromatic
roots and seeds, and white flowers. Also a plant of the genus Myrrhis ..."
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