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Definition of Genus Bomarea

1. Noun. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bomarea

Literary usage of Genus Bomarea

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

1. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1883)
"... this rather suits the beautiful creepers of tho neighbouring genus, Bomarea, now becoming tho fashion. The fasciculated fleshy roots of the ..."

2. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"Even Acutifolia, which in the greenhouse keeps its leaves through the winter, will succeed with that treatment. The genus Bomarea was named by Mirbel, ..."

3. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Workedited by Thomas Edward Finegan edited by Thomas Edward Finegan (1922)
"... plants pro- ducing edible tubers, and belonging to the genus Bomarea, or to the closely-allied genus ..."

4. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1918)
"... plants producing edible tubers, and belonging to the genus Bomarea, or to the closely-allied genus ..."

5. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"... in the Succulent house at the cold end we find a member of the elegant genus Bomarea, which, with a query attached, ..."

6. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1883)
"... this rather suits the beautiful creepers of tho neighbouring genus, Bomarea, now becoming tho fashion. The fasciculated fleshy roots of the ..."

7. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"Even Acutifolia, which in the greenhouse keeps its leaves through the winter, will succeed with that treatment. The genus Bomarea was named by Mirbel, ..."

8. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Workedited by Thomas Edward Finegan edited by Thomas Edward Finegan (1922)
"... plants pro- ducing edible tubers, and belonging to the genus Bomarea, or to the closely-allied genus ..."

9. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1918)
"... plants producing edible tubers, and belonging to the genus Bomarea, or to the closely-allied genus ..."

10. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"... in the Succulent house at the cold end we find a member of the elegant genus Bomarea, which, with a query attached, ..."

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