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Definition of Celtis

1. Noun. Large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celtis

Literary usage of Celtis

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

1. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"The larva and pupa are both green, and the larva feeds on the nettle-tree, celtis australis, but will also eat cherry. It is double-brooded, the Butterfly ..."

2. A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East by Thomas Horsfield, Frederic Moore (1859)
"... celtis are figured on Plate XVI., figs. 8, 8a, copied from the original drawing in the collection of A. Grote, Esq. " Feeds on ..."

3. The Butterflies of North America by William Henry Edwards (1879)
"this last species in Boisduval and Leconte agrees well with the common Apatura, of West Virginia, the larva of which feeds on celtis occidentalis. ..."

4. A History of German Literature edited by Friedrich Max Müller (1906)
"These scholars were all eclipsed by the wandering preacher of Humanism, Konrad celtis, the Konrad son of a peasant at Wipfeld in Franconia, who began celtis ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... and finally^ true silicate. They expand slightly in solidifying- 0 no «inii.il extent due to the admixture of Celtic .lood. celtis. See NETTLE-TREE. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1863)
"The fruit of celtis orientalis contains 71 per cent, of fleshy pericarp, and 28'3 seeds, the latter consisting of 67'3 husks, and 327 kernel ; 100 pts. of ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1922)
"A living member of the genus, celtis reticulata, which grows in the ... These are more closely related to celtis reticulata than to any other living form. ..."

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