Definition of Genus calochortus

1. Noun. Large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Calochortus

genus Callimorpha
genus Callinectes
genus Calliophis
genus Calliphora
genus Callirhoe
genus Callisaurus
genus Callistephus
genus Callithrix
genus Callitriche
genus Callitris
genus Callophis
genus Callorhinus
genus Calluna
genus Calocarpum
genus Calocedrus
genus Calochortus
genus Calophyllum
genus Calopogon
genus Calosoma
genus Caltha
genus Calvatia
genus Calycanthus
genus Calycophyllum
genus Calymmatobacterium
genus Calypso
genus Calystegia
genus Cambarus
genus Camelina
genus Camellia

Literary usage of Genus calochortus

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

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1900)
"A species distributed over a region so varied in soil, climate, and altitude cannot but be variable; and it hardly need be added that the genus Calochortus ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1910)
"CALOCHORTUS VENUSTUS, A BEAUTIFUL CALIFORN- IAN PLANT. BY JOHN A. SPRING. Pursh gave us our first knowledge of the plants comprised in the genus Calochortus ..."

3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"Marsh. See Caltha palustri». Mariposa Lily. The genus Calochortus. Marjoram. See Origanum. Marker. Tins is a simple implement used ..."

4. Useful wild plants of the United States and Canada by Charles Francis Saunders (1920)
"The genus Calochortus furnishes the flower gardens of both hemispheres with the charming Mariposa Tulips, and few who enjoy their beauty realize the ..."

5. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1878)
"Illustrations of tliis truth may be readily found in the natural order, the Lily tribe, to which the genus Calochortus belongs. In this order, the outer ..."

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