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Definition of Genus Xanthosoma
1. Noun. Tropical American tuberous perennials.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Araceae, Arum Family, Family Araceae
Member holonyms: Malanga, Spoonflower, Tannia, Xanthosoma Atrovirens, Xanthosoma Sagittifolium, Yautia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Xanthosoma
Literary usage of Genus Xanthosoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1903)
"... of two of the principal tropical root crops, it seems to be finally settled
that none of the Taro varieties are of the genus Xanthosoma and that none of ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1903)
"... of two of the principal tropical root crops, it seems to be finally settled
that none of the Taro varieties are of the genus Xanthosoma and that none of ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"Indeed, it is not unreasonable to believe that the taro, like the closely similar
aroids of the genus Xanthosoma, was domesticated somewhere about the ..."
4. Bulletin by Puerto Rico Federal Experiment Station, Mayaguez (1905)
"... and the West Indian genus Xanthosoma, which contains four economic species
and some thirty or more varieties known as ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1910)
"... belong to the genus Xanthosoma, and by far the greater number of forms are
included in the species X. ..."
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