Definition of Genus calycanthus

1. Noun. A magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice.

Exact synonyms: Calycanthus
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Calycanthaceae, Calycanthus Family, Family Calycanthaceae, Strawberry-shrub Family
Member holonyms: Allspice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Calycanthus

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
genus Camptosorus
genus Campyloneurum

Literary usage of Genus calycanthus

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"The family is represented in the United States by four or five species of the genus Calycanthus L. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1888)
"The genus Calycanthus has three species in the southeastern part of the United States, and one in California. The three Atlantic coast ones are by some ..."

3. The Fruit of Opuntia Fulgida: A Study of Perennation and Proliferation in by Duncan Starr Johnson (1918)
"... of which I find record in any other family is seen in the genus Calycanthus. In this form the greatly developed floral axis is depressed at the top to ..."

4. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1894)
"... a flower, in reference to the calyx being coloured, and appearing like t corolla). The genus Calycanthus, giving its naine to the family ..."

5. Leaves and Flowers, Or, Object Lessons in Botany: With a Flora : Prepared by Alphonso Wood (1891)
"Flowers axillary, solitary, all the organs GO and arranged as in the following genus. CALYCANTHUS. Sweet-scented Shrub. ..."

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