Definition of Genus Petasites

1. Noun. Genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur; sweet coltsfoot.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Petasites

genus Periophthalmus
genus Peripatopsis
genus Peripatus
genus Periplaneta
genus Periploca
genus Perisoreus
genus Peristedion
genus Pernis
genus Perodicticus
genus Perognathus
genus Peromyscus
genus Peronospora
genus Persea
genus Persoonia
genus Pertusaria
genus Petasites (current term)
genus Petaurista
genus Petaurus
genus Petrocoptis
genus Petrogale
genus Petromyzon
genus Petroselinum
genus Petteria
genus Petunia
genus Peziza
genus Pezophaps
genus Phacelia
genus Phacochoerus
genus Phaethon
genus Phaius

Literary usage of Genus Petasites

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

1. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism by Edward Lee Greene (1906)
"It would apply well enough to all those species of the old genus Petasites which Linnaeus reduced to Tussilago. I therefore judge by the name alone, ..."

2. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1902)
"While Hooker and other authorities class it in the genus Petasites, a genus of which it is the only British representative, other writers place it in the ..."

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