Definition of Genus Phytolacca

1. Noun. Type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed.

Exact synonyms: Phytolacca
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Phytolaccaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Pokeweed Family
Member holonyms: Pokeweed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Phytolacca

genus Phyllodoce
genus Phylloporus
genus Phyllorhynchus
genus Phylloscopus
genus Phyllostachys
genus Phyllostomus
genus Phylloxera
genus Physa
genus Physalia
genus Physalis
genus Physaria
genus Physeter
genus Physostegia
genus Physostigma
genus Phytelephas
genus Phytolacca (current term)
genus Phytophthora
genus Pica
genus Picea
genus Pickeringia
genus Picoides
genus Picrasma
genus Picris
genus Picumnus
genus Picus
genus Pieris
genus Pilea
genus Pilosella
genus Pilularia
genus Pimenta

Literary usage of Genus Phytolacca

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

1. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"Order Phytolaccaceae (Pokeweed Family). 1 genus, \ species: Genus Phytolacca (Pokeweed). P. decandra (Common P., ..."

2. Journal of Materia Medica (1869)
"HABITAT.—It is a native of Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Bar- bary States in Africa, and of North America. The genus Phytolacca has six species, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"A plant of the genus Phytolacca. NIGHTSHADE, DEADLY. Atropa belladonna. NIGHTSHADE, PALESTINE. See Sola- пот Sanctum. NIGHTSHADE, WOODY. ..."

4. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"They are for the most part indigenous to tropical and sub-tropical America and Africa, being represented in the United States by one genus Phytolacca. ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The genus Phytolacca has for its fruit a berry with 8—10 cells, each cell one- seeded. P. decandra, the Poke or Pocan, a native of North America, ..."

6. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"... being represented in the United States by one genus Phytolacca. The inner morphology is quite distinctive. Calcium oxalate usually occurs in the form of ..."

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