Definition of Geoffroea

1. Noun. Small genus of shrubs or small trees of tropical and subtropical America.

Exact synonyms: Genus Geoffroea
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Chanal, Chanar, Geoffroea Decorticans

Lexicographical Neighbors of Geoffroea

Gentleman Johnny
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
Genua
Genyonemus
Genyonemus lineatus
Geo.
Geocentric Co-ordinate Time
Geocentric Coordinate Time
Geochelone
Geococcyx
Geococcyx californianus
Geoff
Geoffrey
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffroea
Geoffroea decorticans
Geoffroy's cat
Geoffroy's cats
Geoffs
Geogia holly
Geoglossaceae
Geoglossum
Geometridae
Geomyidae
Geomys
Geomys bursarius
Geomys pinetis
Geonim
Geophilidae

Literary usage of Geoffroea

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

1. Travels in Brazil, in the Years 1817-1820: Undertaken by Command of His by Johann Baptist von Spix, Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Hannibal Evans Lloyd (1824)
"... are an incomparable ornament of * Cecropia peltata, L. palmata, W. •)- Caesalpinia brasiliensis, chinata, L. J geoffroea inermis, Sw., racemosa, ..."

2. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands by California Academy of Sciences (1912)
"geoffroea, 74, /So. Gleichenia, 20, ita. Glycine, 74, 78. Gnaphalium, 153, 203. GOODENIACEAE, 147, ¡Oí, ¡4¡. Gossypium, 101, ¡88, 207, 208, 216, i/o. ..."

3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"See geoffroea. GEOFFREY, of Monmouth, bishop of St. Asaph, called by our ancient biographers Gallo- ..."

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