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Definition of Genus Setaria
1. Noun. Annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Member holonyms: Bristle Grass, Bristlegrass, Foxtail Millet, Hungarian Grass, Italian Millet, Setaria Italica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Setaria
Literary usage of Genus Setaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1896)
"So this name cannot be safely taken up. S. glauca (L.) R. & S. Syst. II, 490 (1817).
Beauvois includes this in his genus Setaria as Panicum glaucum. ..."
2. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1896)
"S. glauca (L.) R. & S. Syst. II, 490 (1817). Beauvois includes this in his genus
Setaria as Panicum glaucum. ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The genus Setaria has a spikelike panicle, with two or more bristles under the
glumes of each spikelet. ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"The genus Setaria has a spike-like panicle, with two or more bristles under the
glumes of each spikelet.—Common Millet ( Panicum miliaceum) is an annual ..."
5. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"The genus Setaria has a spikelike panicle, with two or more bristles under the
glumes of each spikelet. ..."
6. The Flora of Berkshire: Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the by George Claridge Druce (1897)
"Didcot. 4. Kennet. Newbury, by the railway. 5. Loddon. By the railway near Maidenhead.
If the genus Setaria of Palisot de Beauvais, which dates from 1807, ..."
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