Definition of Genus caltha

1. Noun. A genus of Caltha.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Caltha

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
genus Camelus
genus Campanula
genus Campephilus
genus Camponotus

Literary usage of Genus caltha

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

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"... which genus Caltha chiefly difiera in having a calyx and corolla mixed together, no scale at the base of the petals, and many seeds in each carpel. ..."

2. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"The genus, Caltha, is of northern habitat and numbers about ten species, of which seven are native to North America; of these seven, two encircle the globe. ..."

3. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1837)
"I must go seek some dew-drop? here, The American cowslip belongs to the genus Caltha, of the class ..."

4. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York by New York Academy of Sciences (1828)
"In the system of De Candolle it is placed in the genus Caltha, and together with C. appendiculata, forms a separate section, under the name of ..."

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