Definition of Genus baccharis

1. Noun. Shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Baccharis

genus Auriparus
genus Australopithecus
genus Austrocedrus
genus Austrotaxus
genus Automeris
genus Avahi
genus Avena
genus Averrhoa
genus Avicennia
genus Ayapana
genus Aythya
genus Azadirachta
genus Azolla
genus Babesia
genus Babyrousa
genus Baccharis
genus Bacillus
genus Bacteroides
genus Baiomys
genus Bairdiella
genus Balaena
genus Balaeniceps
genus Balaenoptera
genus Balanus
genus Balistes
genus Ballota
genus Balsamorhiza
genus Bambusa
genus Bankia
genus Banksia

Literary usage of Genus baccharis

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

1. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The genus is nearly allied w the American genus Baccharis, but is readily distinguished from that by having tails to the anthers. ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1907)
"The Aster tribe ends with the great genus Baccharis, whose species are normally dioecious, most frequently ..."

3. Notes on the Natural History of the Strait of Magellan and West Coast of by Robert Oliver Cunningham (1871)
"Other plants found profusely in flower were the Magellanic currant, a shrubby Composite of the genus Baccharis, ..."

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