Definition of Aethionema

1. Noun. Old World genus of the family Cruciferae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Aethionema

Aeromonas hydrophilia lipase-acyltransferase
Aertel
Aertex
Aeschylean
Aeschylus
Aeschynanthus radicans
Aesculapian
Aesculapius
Aesculus
Aesculus hippocastanum
Aesir
Aesop
Aesop's fables
Aesopian
Aesops
Aethionema (current term)
Aethusa
Aethusa cynapium
Aetobatus
Aetobatus narinari
Aetolia
AfPak
Afade
Afars and Issas
Afbachir
Afeefa
Aferdita
Afers
Affade

Literary usage of Aethionema

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

1. The English Rock-garden by Reginald John Farrer (1919)
"Every other Aethionema in catalogues turns out to be Ae. ... The true Aethionema grandiflorum has long boughs undivided and unbranching from the base, ..."

2. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"It made a little furry-looking grey bush, out of a cranny; and I thought it was safe. But no, the winds blew and the rain came down, and Aethionema ..."

3. Vierteljahrsschrift der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich by Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich (1906)
"Der Unterschied gegenüber dieser Gattung liegt vor allem in der Form der Frucht, die bei Aethionema im Umriss rundlich, elliptisch oder ..."

4. Denkschriften by Schweizerische naturforschende gesellschaft (1907)
"865 == Aethionema chlori- folium (Sibth. & Sm.) Boiss. L. cornutum D'Urv. in Mem. Soc. Linn. ... 365 = Aethionema ovali- folium Boiss.2) (Ind. Kew.). ..."

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