Definition of Polygonatum

1. Noun. Sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Polygonatum
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Solomon's-seal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polygonatum

Polycirrus
Polydactylus
Polydactylus virginicus
Polyergus
Polyergus rufescens
Polyfilla
Polygala
Polygala alba
Polygala lutea
Polygala paucifolia
Polygala senega
Polygala vulgaris
Polygalaceae
Polygonales
Polygonatum
Polygonatum biflorum
Polygonatum commutatum
Polygonia
Polygonia comma
Polygonum aubertii
Polygonum fagopyrum
Polygonum orientale
Polyhymnia
Polyhymnian
Polymastigina
Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae
Polymox
Polynemidae
Polynesia

Literary usage of Polygonatum

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

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"polygonatum multiflorum. This is the case in sympodial rhizomes such as that of polygonatum (Fig. 307). ..."

2. Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and Describe the Flowering and by William Darlington (1837)
"Two other species are enumerated in the U. Slates. 174. polygonatum. De«/. ЛЬ«. Gen. 331. ... U. polygonatum. Mahl, l, с. ..."

3. Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and Describe the Flowering and by William Darlington (1837)
"Two other species are enumerated in the U. States. 174. polygonatum. De»f. ... С. polygonatum. Muhl. I, c. ..."

4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"e * . i_- i_ т ii т polygonatum BIFLORUM (two-flowered). Stem slender, 1 to 3 teet high. Leaves lance - shaped, veins minutely downy, paler beneath. ..."

5. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"polygonatum. Flower, entire and cut vertically (mag.). Transverse section of ovary. Lapageria. ... polygonatum ..."

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