Definition of Genus baptisia

1. Noun. Genus of North American plants with showy flowers and an inflated pod.

Exact synonyms: Baptisia
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: False Indigo, Wild Indigo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Baptisia

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
genus Baphia
genus Baptisia
genus Barbarea
genus Barosaurus
genus Bartle-Frere
genus Bartramia
genus Basiliscus
genus Bathyergus
genus Batis
genus Batrachoseps
genus Bauhinia
genus Beaumontia
genus Begonia
genus Belamcanda

Literary usage of Genus baptisia

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)
"Medical properties: Emollient; used in poultices, genus baptisia (False Indigo). B. tinctoria (Wild I.); B. leucantha; B. australis (Blue False I.). ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1916)
"The leguminous genus Baptisia is noteworthy for containing a considerable number of well-marked species of rather restricted distribution. ..."

3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1825)
"... and this led him still more to consider the plant as not belonging to the genus Baptisia, but rather to Thermopsis of Mr. Brown. ..."

4. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia by Stephen Elliott (1821)
"however, and I think with propriety, the genus Baptisia has been established for the North American species, which now form, perhaps with the exception of ..."

5. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by David Brewster (1825)
"the author by Mr. Neill; and this led him still more to consider the plant as not belonging to the genus Baptisia, but rather to Thermopsis of Mr. Brown. ..."

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