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Definition of Genus Lonchocarpus
1. Noun. Genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Cube
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lonchocarpus
Literary usage of Genus Lonchocarpus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North (1918)
"... xx, 37) has studied the leguminous genus Lonchocarpus of middle America and
finds that the wealth of new material necessitates a changed arrangement of ..."
2. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"... a plant belonging to the genus Lonchocarpus, chiefly used in poisoning fish.
Of this plant the following description is given by the Rev. ..."
3. In the Amazon Jungle: Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River by Algot Lange, Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1912)
"The poisoning of the rivers is effected by the root of a plant that is found
throughout the Amazon valley; the plant belongs to the genus Lonchocarpus and ..."
4. British Central Africa: An Attempt to Give Some Account of a Portion of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1898)
"Other papilionaceous trees of the genus Lonchocarpus flower profusely and resemble
the Wistaria in colour and appearance; the Gardenia tree has, ..."
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