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Definition of Genus gnetum

1. Noun. Type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gnetum

Literary usage of Genus gnetum

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

1. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1900)
"Our knowledge of the life history of of the genus gnetum. ... Ephedra, being a desert plant, and the remaining genus, Gnetum, being confined to the tropics. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In the other direction (he least aberrant genus, Gnetum, while in no sense a "missing link," furnishes good grounds for considering an as yet unknown group ..."

3. The Anatomy of Woody Plants by Edward Charles Jeffrey (1917)
"We may next turn to the anatomical organization of the genus Gnetum. Fig. 261 illustrates the general structure of the stem in this genus as ..."

4. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"In 1892 Strasburger 8 again discussed the Gnetales, and in the same year Karsten 10 published a preliminary paper upon the genus Gnetum. ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"Contributions to the life history of the genus Gnetum. Ann. Jar. Bot. Buiten. II, 1, 46. LYON. :01. A study of the sporangia and gametophytes of Selaginella ..."

6. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"In 1892 Strasburger 9 again discussed the Gnetales, and in the same year Karsten 10 published a preliminary paper upon the genus Gnetum. ..."

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