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Definition of Genus Cetraria
1. Noun. Foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Parmeliaceae, Parmeliaceae
Member holonyms: Cetraria Islandica, Iceland Lichen, Iceland Moss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cetraria
Literary usage of Genus Cetraria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1916)
"... to print the following corrections to the article on "The genus Cetraria,"
etc., TORREYA 15: 213-230. 1915. The author's copy was correct. ..."
2. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"The genus Cetraria, of which the Iceland moss is a well known species, forms a
connection between the vertical and horizontal lichens ; its thallus is ..."
3. A Synopsis of the North American Lichens by Edward Tuckerman (1882)
"But, on the other hand, the family now before us is represented at its centre by
a genus (Cetraria) in which a certain degree of dilatation of the frond is ..."
4. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"genus Cetraria,* Ach. Nyland., Syn. Meth. Lich., i, p. 298. There are 4 species,
natives of the high northern regions of both worlds. 302. ..."
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