Definition of Betulaceae

1. Noun. Monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Betulaceae

Betty Boop
Betty Friedan
Betty Naomi Friedan
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula cordifolia
Betula fontinalis
Betula glandulosa
Betula lenta
Betula leutea
Betula neoalaskana
Betula nigra
Betula papyrifera
Betula pendula
Betula populifolia
Betula pubescens
Betulaceae (current term)
Betz cells
Beulah
Beuren syndrome
Bevan
Bevan-Lewis cells
Bevans
Beveridge
Beverley
Beverly
Beverly Hills
Beverly Sills
Bevin
Bevin Boy
Bevis

Literary usage of Betulaceae

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

1. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"Betulaceae. Betulaceae. BIRCH FAMILY. Wind-pollinated deciduous trees or shrubs with alternate simple petioled leaves and deciduous stipules. ..."

2. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Betulaceae. BIRCH FAMILY. Wind-pollinated trees or shrubs with alternate simple petioled leaves and caducous stipules. Flowers small, borne in catkins. ..."

3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"Betulaceae Agardh. BIRCH FAMILY. Staminate flowers solitary in the axil of each bract, without a calyx : pistillate flowers with a calyx. ..."

4. Native Trees of Kentucky: A Handbook by Sarah Webb Maury (1910)
"... BIRCH FAMILY—Betulaceae. The Birch Family consists of five divisions or genera, found abundantly in the cooler portions of the North Temperate Zone. ..."

5. Materia medica and pharmacy by Reynold Webb Wilcox, Sir William Hale-White (1905)
"GROUP XVL Betulaceae. Name of Plant. Ik-tula lenta. Part Used. Oil from bark. Name of Drug. Oil of Betula. ..."

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