Definition of Calycanthus family

1. Noun. Shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Calycanthus Family

calves
calves' feet
calves' liver
calvin cycle
calving
calving jack
calvings
calvinistical
calvish
calvities
calvity
calvous
calx
calxes
calycanthus
calycanthus family (current term)
calycanthuses
calycate
calyceal
calyces
calyciform
calyciform ending
calycinal
calycine
calycle
calycled
calycles
calycoid
calycular
calyculate

Literary usage of Calycanthus family

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

1. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... calycanthus family. Shrubs with opposite, entire leaves, no stipules, sepals and petals imbricated and indefinite in number and passing one into the ..."

2. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... calycanthus family. Shrubs with opposite, entire leaves, no stipules, sepals and petals imbricated and'indefinite in number and passing one into the ..."

3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The Japan Allspice, C. fragrans, is the only representative of this genus of the calycanthus family, and it is well-known in gardens for its early flowering ..."

4. Foundations of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen (1901)
"calycanthus family. Shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire, without stipules. Mowers solitary, often sweet-scented. Sepals and petals numerous, the outer sepals ..."

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