Definition of Genus fagus

1. Noun. Beeches.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Fagus

genus Euphorbia
genus Euphractus
genus Euplectella
genus Euproctis
genus Eurotium
genus Euryale
genus Eustoma
genus Eutamias
genus Euterpe
genus Euthynnus
genus Evernia
genus Exacum
genus Exaeretodon
genus Fabiana
genus Fagopyrum
genus Fagus
genus Falcatifolium
genus Falco
genus Fasciola
genus Fasciolopsis
genus Feijoa
genus Felicia
genus Felis
genus Ferocactus
genus Festuca
genus Ficus
genus Filago
genus Firmiana
genus Fissurella
genus Fistularia

Literary usage of Genus fagus

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

1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"... or more species known to belong to this genus. Fagus is from phago, to eat, and refers to the nut. The name Ironwood has been applied to Blue Beech ..."

2. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... makes the following observations on this genus : —' The introduction into the genus Fagus of three or four species which had not been described modifies ..."

3. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... the genus Fagus shows considerable diversity in the structure of the wood, and the differences agree with the splitting of the genus into two genera, ..."

4. Contributions to the Fossil Flora of the Western Territories by Leo Lesquereux (1874)
"The relation of this leaf to the genus Fagus is undeniable. In comparing it with some leaves of Fagus sylvatica, L., of Europe, it is scarcely possible to ..."

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