Definition of Genus momordica

1. Noun. Old World tropical vine.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Momordica

genus Mirabilis
genus Mirounga
genus Mitchella
genus Mitella
genus Mnium
genus Mobula
genus Moehringia
genus Mohria
genus Mola
genus Mollienesia
genus Molluga
genus Moloch
genus Molothrus
genus Molucella
genus Molva
genus Momordica
genus Momotus
genus Monarda
genus Monardella
genus Moneses
genus Monilia
genus Monocanthus
genus Monochamus
genus Monodon
genus Monomorium
genus Mononychus
genus Monotropa
genus Monstera
genus Montezuma
genus Montia

Literary usage of Genus momordica

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

1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1830)
"... modern revolutionizing botanists have in many instances parted genera on much slighter grounds of difference than are observable in the genus momordica. ..."

2. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"This species is common and widely distributed from northern Luzon to Basilan. Family CUCURBITACEAE Genus MOMORDICA MOMORDICA CHARANTIA L. AMPALAYA. ..."

3. Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy by Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1831)
"... modern revolutionizing botanists have in many instances parted genera on much slighter grounds of difference than are observable in the genus momordica. ..."

4. An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are by David Booth (1836)
"The genus MOMORDICA is of the Cucumber tribe ; and its species, as cultivated here in hotbeds, have the general name of BALSAM-APPLES. ..."

5. Flora Medica: Containing Coloured Delineations of the Various Medicinal by George Spratt (1829)
"( • * Seven species of the genus momordica are known and cultivated in England. Vide Hort. Cant. t The specific name Elaterium was given this species of ..."

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