Definition of Genus Elaeocarpus

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Elaeocarpus

genus Echinocereus
genus Echinochloa
genus Echinococcus
genus Echinops
genus Echium
genus Ectopistes
genus Edaphosaurus
genus Edmontosaurus
genus Egeria
genus Egretta
genus Eichhornia
genus Eimeria
genus Eira
genus Elaeagnus
genus Elaeis
genus Elaeocarpus (current term)
genus Elagatis
genus Elanoides
genus Elanus
genus Elaphe
genus Elaphurus
genus Electrophorus
genus Eleocharis
genus Elephantopus
genus Elephas
genus Elettaria
genus Eleusine
genus Eleutherodactylus
genus Eliomys
genus Elodea

Literary usage of Genus Elaeocarpus

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

1. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"The genus Elaeocarpus, represented in thes^ islands by one species, is the largest in the family, with more than 60 species. The distribution of the family ..."

2. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"... will enable us to overcome this objection, just as we have done in Chapter XXVI when explaining how the genus Elaeocarpus may have reached Hawaii. ..."

3. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"The fruits are round, fleshy, and about a centimeter in diameter. This species is found in Luzon. Family ELAEOCARPACEAE Genus ELAEOCARPUS ELAEOCARPUS ..."

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