Definition of Genus claytonia

1. Noun. Genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Claytonia

genus Circus
genus Cirsium
genus Cistothorus
genus Cistus
genus Citellus
genus Citharichthys
genus Citroncirus
genus Citrullus
genus Citrus
genus Cladonia
genus Cladorhyncus
genus Cladrastis
genus Clangula
genus Clathrus
genus Claviceps
genus Claytonia
genus Cleistes
genus Clematis
genus Cleome
genus Clethra
genus Clethrionomys
genus Clianthus
genus Cliftonia
genus Clinopodium
genus Clintonia
genus Clitocybe
genus Clitoria
genus Clostridium
genus Clupea
genus Clusia

Literary usage of Genus claytonia

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

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... ponds, and ditches ; and is commonly known by the name of Water-Chick- weed. It closely resembles the species of the genus Claytonia. ..."

2. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1888)
"The Talinum-species can all be placed well enough into the genus Claytonia. Tamarindus Indica, Linn<5. Tropical Asia and Africa. This magnificent, large ..."

3. A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Science: A Guide for the Pharmaceutist by Hiram V. Sweringen (1882)
"... A family of plants to which the genus Claytonia belongs. POSOLOGY. The science or doctrine of doses. ..."

4. The Forage Plants of Australia by Frederick Turner (1891)
"There are only three genera and about twenty-four species recorded on this continent. There is only one species of the genus Claytonia, and this is found in ..."

5. Report of the National Academy of Sciences by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1903)
"Charles S. Hastings. The Air in the New York Subway. Charles F. (.'handler. The genus claytonia: Morphological and Anatomical Studies. Theo. Holm. ..."

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