Definition of Genus Draba

1. Noun. Large genus of low tufted herbs of temperate and Arctic regions.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Draba

genus Dipus
genus Dirca
genus Disa
genus Discina
genus Dodonaea
genus Dolichonyx
genus Dolichos
genus Dolichotis
genus Doliolum
genus Dombeya
genus Doodia
genus Doronicum
genus Dorotheanthus
genus Doryopteris
genus Dovyalis
genus Draba (current term)
genus Dracaena
genus Draco
genus Dracocephalum
genus Dracontium
genus Dracula
genus Dracunculus
genus Dreissena
genus Drepanis
genus Drimys
genus Dromaius
genus Drosera
genus Drosophila
genus Drosophyllum
genus Dryadella

Literary usage of Genus Draba

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

1. Pittonia by Edward Lee Greene (1905)
"... Droba of that author is the type which, according to the law of priority should, along with ita true congeners, constitute the genus DRABA. ..."

2. Synoptical Flora of North America by Asa Gray, Sereno Watson (1897)
"There can lie little doubt, however, that Dr. Gray's earlier disposition of the plant in the genus Draba was the more accurate. The microscopic structure of ..."

3. Alpine Flowers for English Gardens by William Robinson (1870)
"Amongst the spring-flowering alpines, the genus Draba must always take an important position. In addition to the brilliant golden colour of the flowers of ..."

4. The Farmer's Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Technical Terms Recently by Daniel Pereira Gardner (1854)
"... genus Draba : cruciferous plants, some of which are ornamental. WHORL. In botany, an arrangement of leaves or other organs around the stem, ..."

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