Definition of Genus Phoradendron

1. Noun. Any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe.

Exact synonyms: Phoradendron
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Viscaceae, Mistletoe Family, Viscaceae
Member holonyms: False Mistletoe, Mistletoe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Phoradendron

genus Phlebotomus
genus Phleum
genus Phlomis
genus Phlox
genus Phoca
genus Phocaena
genus Phoenicophorium
genus Phoeniculus
genus Phoenicurus
genus Phoenix
genus Pholas
genus Pholidota
genus Pholiota
genus Pholis
genus Pholistoma
genus Phoradendron (current term)
genus Photinia
genus Photoblepharon
genus Phoxinus
genus Phragmipedium
genus Phragmites
genus Phrynosoma
genus Phthirius
genus Phthirus
genus Phthorimaea
genus Phyllitis
genus Phyllium
genus Phyllocladus
genus Phyllodoce
genus Phylloporus

Literary usage of Genus Phoradendron

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"It is fortunate for botanists that the author of this excellent treatise has made so thorough a revision of the genus Phoradendron instead of being content ..."

2. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1889)
"They are distinguished from the genus Phoradendron by having the anthers affixed at the middle of the perianth- segments, while in Phoradendron they are ..."

3. Memoirs by American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Southern California Academy of Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences (1849)
"The genus Phoradendron has recently been briefly indicated by Nuttall (in Jour. Acad. Philad. n, ser. 1. p. 185), but was unknown to Dr. Engelmann when he ..."

4. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"THE genus Phoradendron % BY WILLIAM TRELEASE A monograph of the exclusively American genus to which the mistletoe belongs; morphology ana geographic ..."

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