Definition of Genus geastrum

1. Noun. Type genus of Geastraceae; fungi whose outer peridium when dry splits into starlike segments.

Exact synonyms: Geastrum
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Geastraceae, Geastraceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Geastrum

genus Gambusia
genus Garcinia
genus Gardenia
genus Garrulus
genus Gasterophilus
genus Gastroboletus
genus Gastrocybe
genus Gastrolobium
genus Gastrophryne
genus Gaultheria
genus Gavia
genus Gavialis
genus Gaylussacia
genus Gazania
genus Gazella
genus Geastrum
genus Gelechia
genus Gelsemium
genus Gempylus
genus Genetta
genus Genipa
genus Genista
genus Genlisea
genus Gentiana
genus Gentianella
genus Gentianopsis
genus Genyonemus
genus Geochelone
genus Geococcyx
genus Geoffroea

Literary usage of Genus geastrum

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

1. Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of by Robert Kaye Greville (1828)
"It is with peculiar satisfaction that I find myself enabled to publish a figure illustrative of the beautiful genus Geastrum. It is recorded by Mr WOODWARD ..."

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