Definition of Genus Scorzonera

1. Noun. Genus of narrow-leaved European herbs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Scorzonera

genus Scleranthus
genus Scleroderma
genus Sclerotinia
genus Sclerotium
genus Scolopax
genus Scolopendrium
genus Scolymus
genus Scolytus
genus Scomber
genus Scomberesox
genus Scomberomorus
genus Scombresox
genus Scophthalmus
genus Scopolia
genus Scorpaena
genus Scorzonera (current term)
genus Scrophularia
genus Scutellaria
genus Scutigera
genus Scutigerella
genus Sebastiana
genus Sebastodes
genus Secale
genus Sedum
genus Seismosaurus
genus Seiurus
genus Selaginella
genus Selar
genus Selenarctos
genus Selene

Literary usage of Genus Scorzonera

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

1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"In addition to the modifications previously described, a further one has been observed in certain species of the genus Scorzonera ; in this case medullary ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The genus Scorzonera is a large one—over 100 species, all natives of the Old World. Perennial herbs, or rarely annual, floccose, ..."

3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"Pappus in many series, pilose. DESCRIPTION, &c.—The species comprised in this genus have been separated by Professor De Candolle from the genus Scorzonera. ..."

4. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1830)
"The Genus SCORZONERA is one, the determination of whose species is attended with considerable difficulty, and, probably, many varieties have been raised to ..."

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