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Definition of Salicaceae
1. Noun. Two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus.
Generic synonyms: Hamamelid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Salicales, Salicales
Member holonyms: Genus Salix, Salix, Genus Populus, Populus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salicaceae
Literary usage of Salicaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Salicaceae. WILLOW FAMILY. Trees or shrubs of rapid growth, light wood and bitter
bark. Leaves simple and alternate, with stipules. ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"... Myricaceae, Salicaceae, Urticaceae, Piperaceae and Chenopodiaceae.
The dicotyledonous plants yield by far the greatest number of volatile oils, ..."
3. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"Salicaceae. WILLOW FAMILY POPULUS. POPLAR P. ALBA, L. White Poplar. Frequently
spreading from the roots or escaped from cultivation. ..."
4. Lessons in Botany by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"The willow family (salicaceae).—The willows represent a very interesting group
of plants in which the Fig. 217. Spray of willow leaves, pistillate and ..."
5. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Salicaceae. WILLOW FAMILY. Trees or shrubs of rapid growth, light wood and bitter
bark. Leaves simple and alternate, with stipules. ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"... Myricaceae, Salicaceae, Urticaceae, Piperaceae and Chenopodiaceae.
The dicotyledonous plants yield by far the greatest number of volatile oils, ..."
7. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"Salicaceae. WILLOW FAMILY POPULUS. POPLAR P. ALBA, L. White Poplar. Frequently
spreading from the roots or escaped from cultivation. ..."
8. Lessons in Botany by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"The willow family (salicaceae).—The willows represent a very interesting group
of plants in which the Fig. 217. Spray of willow leaves, pistillate and ..."
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