Definition of Genus Batis

1. Noun. Small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs.

Exact synonyms: Batis
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Batidaceae, Family Batidaceae, Saltwort Family
Member holonyms: Batis Maritima, Saltwort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Batis

genus Ballota
genus Balsamorhiza
genus Bambusa
genus Bankia
genus Banksia
genus Baphia
genus Baptisia
genus Barbarea
genus Barosaurus
genus Bartle-Frere
genus Bartramia
genus Basiliscus
genus Bathyergus
genus Batis (current term)
genus Batrachoseps
genus Bauhinia
genus Beaumontia
genus Begonia
genus Belamcanda
genus Bellis
genus Bemisia
genus Bennettitis
genus Benzoin
genus Berberis
genus Bergenia
genus Beroe
genus Berteroa
genus Bertholletia

Literary usage of Genus Batis

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

1. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"EMBRYO conformable to the seed ; cotyledons fleshy, oblong, compressed; radicle short, near the hilum. ONLY GENUS. Batis. The affinities of Batis are very ..."

2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1851)
"... AND AFFINITIES OF THE genus Batis OF LlN- N.EUS. By Dr. J. TORREY. The Baits maritima (which is the only species of the genus) is a common shrubby plant ..."

3. A History of the Fishes of the British Islands by Jonathan Couch (1868)
"I have thought it proper, in my introductory remarks on the newly-named genus, Batis, to direct attention to the conspicuous mucous glands which ..."

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