Definition of Planera

1. Noun. A deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States.

Exact synonyms: Genus Planera
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Elm Family, Family Ulmaceae, Ulmaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Planera

Planck's theory
Planck area
Planck constant
Planck energy
Planck epoch
Planck era
Planck length
Planck particle
Planck scale
Planck speed
Planck temperature
Planck time
Planck unit
Planck units
Planckian
Planera
Planet X
Planococcus
Planococcus citri
Plantae
Plantagenet
Plantagenet line
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginales
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Plantago media
Plantago psyllium
Plantago rugelii
Plantago virginica

Literary usage of Planera

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

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"{HE planera ulmifolia is a large shrub or low tree, growing to a height of twenty to ... The wood of the planera ulmifolia, according to Michaux, is hard, ..."

2. The Territory of Florida, Or, Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural by John Lee Williams (1837)
"planera gmelini—grows in river swamps, and resemble* elm. Soap Tree. Sapindus saponaria, do. near the sea coast. Winter Plumb. Prunus hiemalis, do. back ..."

3. Tree Guide: Trees East of the Rockies by Julia Ellen Rogers (1914)
"... WATER ELM (planera aquatica, Gmelin). 80 to 40 feet. Little tree with crooked branches forming a round, low dome above the short trunk. ..."

4. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1878)
"planera microphylla, Newby., Ext. Floras, p. 55, pi. xvi, figs. 3, 4. 267. ... Flora, p. 189, pi. xxvii, figs. 4r-6. 271. planera Gmelini, Michx. ..."

5. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"Scalariform perforations with 1-6 bars have only been met with in planera aquatica, where they occur in the neighbourhood of the primary wood, ..."

6. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"{HE planera ulmifolia is a large shrub or low tree, growing to a height of twenty to ... The wood of the planera ulmifolia, according to Michaux, is hard, ..."

7. The Territory of Florida, Or, Sketches of the Topography, Civil and Natural by John Lee Williams (1837)
"planera gmelini—grows in river swamps, and resemble* elm. Soap Tree. Sapindus saponaria, do. near the sea coast. Winter Plumb. Prunus hiemalis, do. back ..."

8. Tree Guide: Trees East of the Rockies by Julia Ellen Rogers (1914)
"... WATER ELM (planera aquatica, Gmelin). 80 to 40 feet. Little tree with crooked branches forming a round, low dome above the short trunk. ..."

9. Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the by Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), United States General Land Office, United States Dept. of the Interior (1878)
"planera microphylla, Newby., Ext. Floras, p. 55, pi. xvi, figs. 3, 4. 267. ... Flora, p. 189, pi. xxvii, figs. 4r-6. 271. planera Gmelini, Michx. ..."

10. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"Scalariform perforations with 1-6 bars have only been met with in planera aquatica, where they occur in the neighbourhood of the primary wood, ..."

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