Definition of Genus Gnetum

1. Noun. Type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones.

Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Gnetaceae, Gnetaceae
Member holonyms: Gnetum, Gnetum Gnemon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gnetum

genus Gleditsia
genus Gleichenia
genus Gliricidia
genus Glis
genus Globicephala
genus Globigerina
genus Gloriosa
genus Glossina
genus Glossodia
genus Glossopsitta
genus Gloxinia
genus Glyceria
genus Glycine
genus Glycyrrhiza
genus Gnaphalium
genus Gnetum (current term)
genus Gobiesox
genus Gobio
genus Gomphotherium
genus Gomphrena
genus Goniopteris
genus Gonorhynchus
genus Goodyera
genus Gopherus
genus Gorgonocephalus
genus Gorilla
genus Gossypium
genus Gracula
genus Grammatophyllum
genus Grampus

Literary usage of Genus Gnetum

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

1. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1900)
"Our knowledge of the life history of of the genus Gnetum. ... Ephedra, being a desert plant, and the remaining genus, Gnetum, being confined to the tropics. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In the other direction (he least aberrant genus, Gnetum, while in no sense a "missing link," furnishes good grounds for considering an as yet unknown group ..."

3. The Anatomy of Woody Plants by Edward Charles Jeffrey (1917)
"We may next turn to the anatomical organization of the genus Gnetum. Fig. 261 illustrates the general structure of the stem in this genus as ..."

4. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"In 1892 Strasburger 8 again discussed the Gnetales, and in the same year Karsten 10 published a preliminary paper upon the genus Gnetum. ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"Contributions to the life history of the genus Gnetum. Ann. Jar. Bot. Buiten. II, 1, 46. LYON. :01. A study of the sporangia and gametophytes of Selaginella ..."

6. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"In 1892 Strasburger 9 again discussed the Gnetales, and in the same year Karsten 10 published a preliminary paper upon the genus Gnetum. ..."

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