Definition of Genus grewia

1. Noun. A genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees.

Exact synonyms: Grewia
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Tiliaceae, Linden Family, Tiliaceae
Member holonyms: Grewia Asiatica, Phalsa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Grewia

genus Gobio
genus Gomphotherium
genus Gomphrena
genus Goniopteris
genus Gonorhynchus
genus Goodyera
genus Gopherus
genus Gorgonocephalus
genus Gorilla
genus Gossypium
genus Gracula
genus Grammatophyllum
genus Grampus
genus Graptophyllum
genus Grevillea
genus Grewia
genus Grias
genus Grindelia
genus Griselinia
genus Grison
genus Groenlandia
genus Grus
genus Guaiacum
genus Guevina
genus Gulo
genus Gutierrezia
genus Gymnadenia
genus Gymnadeniopsis
genus Gymnelis
genus Gymnocalycium

Literary usage of Genus grewia

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

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"The genus Grewia Linne has about go existing species ranging from Arabia to China and Japan and through Malaysia to Australia, and from Abyssinia to South ..."

2. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"When the fruits are mature they can frequently be gathered in very large quantities with little labor. Genus GREWIA GREWIA EDULIS Merr. (Fig. 58). ..."

3. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"... genus GREWIA offers a good example of those Polynesian genera which possess in the South Pacific a single widely- ranging species associated often with ..."

4. Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government by Benjamin Lewis Rice (1897)
"... 2 The genus Grewia is well represented in the reserved jungles of Mysore, where some of the climbing species form dense thickets for the preservation of ..."

5. The Uncivilized Races of Men in All Countries of the World by John George Wood (1882)
"... stood in a row, and opposite those was an equal number of men, each having in his hand a long switch cut from a bush belonging to the genus Grewia, ..."

6. Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government by Benjamin Lewis Rice (1897)
"... 2 The genus Grewia is well represented in the reserved jungles of Mysore, where some of the climbing ..."

7. Natal Plants: Descriptions and Figures of Natal Indigenous Plants, with by John Medley Wood, Maurice Smethurst Evans (1899)
"The genus Grewia contains about 60 species, natives of the warmer parts pf the world, of these, 7 are natives of Natal, and about 30 others of Tropical and ..."

8. The Indian Forester (1887)
"The genus Grewia is very numerously represented in tropical and sub-tropical India, and some of the Indian species are found in Africa, while others extend ..."

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