Definition of Genus Taraxacum

1. Noun. An asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions.

Exact synonyms: Taraxacum
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Blowball, Dandelion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Taraxacum

genus Tadorna
genus Taenia
genus Tagetes
genus Talinum
genus Tamandua
genus Tamarindus
genus Tamarix
genus Tamias
genus Tamiasciurus
genus Tamus
genus Tanacetum
genus Tantilla
genus Tapirus
genus Taraktagenos
genus Taraktogenos
genus Taraxacum (current term)
genus Taricha
genus Tarpon
genus Tarrietia
genus Tarsius
genus Taurotragus
genus Tautoga
genus Tautogolabrus
genus Taxidea
genus Taxodium
genus Taxus
genus Tectaria
genus Tectona
genus Telanthera

Literary usage of Genus Taraxacum

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

1. Pamphlets on Silviculture (1918)
"... with careful cytological investigations of the tetrad formation in the ovule, and found that parthenogenesis does occur in the genus Taraxacum. ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"All four members of the chicory family belong to the genus Taraxacum of which the dandelion is a member. Of these one has not been found outside of ..."

3. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"Similarly, the daisies (genus Bellis), the sunflowers (genus Helianthus), the dandelions (genus Taraxacum), and many similar genera are grouped into one ..."

4. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"genus Taraxacum,* Haller. B. & H., Gen., ii, p. 522. Species variously estimated at 6 to 40, natives chiefly of the temperate regions of the Northern ..."

5. Swedish Catalogue ...: International Exhibition, 1876. Philadelphia by Elis Sidenbladh (1876)
"(d) genus Taraxacum produces Lion's-tooth salad (T. officinale); but little used. For the same purpose the following are likewise cultivated : Spinach (of ..."

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