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Definition of Genus Gymnocladus
1. Noun. Small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Caesalpinioideae, Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Member holonyms: Bonduc, Chicot, Gymnocladus Dioica, Kentucky Coffee Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gymnocladus
Literary usage of Genus Gymnocladus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Torrey and Gray, Flora. genus Gymnocladus comprises but one species, a deciduous
tree, native of North America, with upright branches, and inconspicuous ..."
2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Genus GYMNOCLADUS, K. Koch. (G. dioicus) KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE BB. Leaves once
compound; flowers pea-like, showy, in racemes, pods thin. ..."
3. Native Trees of Kentucky: A Handbook by Sarah Webb Maury (1910)
"C. genus Gymnocladus—Kentucky Coffee Tree. D. Genus Cladrastis—Yellow Wood. E.
Genus Cercis—Redbud. They are characterized by 1. Leaves—alternate, pinnately ..."
4. Annual Report by Columbus Horticultural Society, Columbus, Ohio (1896)
"... in 1783 Lamark transferred the species to the genus Gymnocladus. He should
have retained the specific name dioica, but he proposed a new one and ..."
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