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Definition of Genus Nauclea
1. Noun. Small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rubiaceae, Madder Family, Rubiaceae
Member holonyms: Nauclea Diderrichii, Opepe, Sarcocephalus Diderrichii
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nauclea
Literary usage of Genus Nauclea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"The type of the genus Nauclea, and the sole species cited under this name in the
original publication, is Nauclea oriental-is Linn. ..."
2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"... and, it is affirmed, in the bark of all the plants of the genus Nauclea.
It baa been given in diarrhoea and dysentery, and as a febrifuge. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1895)
"Drug., 1895, 71. Some Medicinal Products from the Straits Settlements.—EM Holmes
says that Biah, which was believed to belong to the genus Nauclea, ..."
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