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Definition of Swertia
1. Noun. Genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Gentianaceae, Gentian Family, Gentianaceae
Member holonyms: Marsh Felwort, Swertia Perennia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swertia
Literary usage of Swertia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Stem about an inch high. Leaves 1 or 2 pairs, small. Flowers large, blue. It is
still doubtful whether it belongs to this genus. Small swertia. 4. FRASERA. ..."
2. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism by Edward Lee Greene (1906)
"A Rare swertia While of late inspecting with ... degree of carefulness the North
American specimens of swertia. in the National Herbarium, my attention was ..."
3. A Botanical Materia Medica: Consisting of the Generic and Specific by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"swertia. Corolla rotate; segments with nectariferous pores at the base. Capsule with
1 cell and 2 valves. £, 1. swertia difformis. ..."
4. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"swertia congesta A. Neis. 1. с. Commonly less than 2 dm. high: leaves alternate,
rarely more than 3 or 4, usually on the basal half of the stem, ..."
5. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Stem about an inch high. Leaves 1 or 2 pairs, small. Flowers large, blue. It is
still doubtful whether it belongs to this genus. Small swertia. 4. FRASERA. ..."
6. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism by Edward Lee Greene (1906)
"A Rare swertia While of late inspecting with ... degree of carefulness the North
American specimens of swertia. in the National Herbarium, my attention was ..."
7. A Botanical Materia Medica: Consisting of the Generic and Specific by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"swertia. Corolla rotate; segments with nectariferous pores at the base. Capsule with
1 cell and 2 valves. £, 1. swertia difformis. ..."
8. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"swertia congesta A. Neis. 1. с. Commonly less than 2 dm. high: leaves alternate,
rarely more than 3 or 4, usually on the basal half of the stem, ..."
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