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Definition of Genus staphylea
1. Noun. A genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Bladdernut Family, Family Staphylaceae, Staphylaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Staphylea
Literary usage of Genus staphylea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"The only hardy ligneous plants belonging to this order are contained in the genus
Staphylea. genus staphylea A L. THE STAPHYLEA, or BLADDER-NUT TREE. Lin. ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Tasteby Luther Tucker by Luther Tucker (1851)
"Of the trees, shrubs, &c. my time will not at present permit any extended remarks.
The genus Staphylea affords three species, one native of our country, ..."
3. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"A handsome American shrub of the genus Staphylea, the S. trifolio, called also
three-leaved bladder-nut. [See STAPHYLEA.] BLAD'DER-WORT, n. ..."
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