Definition of Genus protium

1. Noun. Genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi.

Exact synonyms: Protium
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Burseraceae, Family Burseraceae, Torchwood Family
Member holonyms: Protium Heptaphyllum, Protium Guianense

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Protium

genus Pritzelago
genus Proboscidea
genus Procavia
genus Procellaria
genus Prociphilus
genus Procnias
genus Proconsul
genus Procyon
genus Progne
genus Prosopis
genus Prosopium
genus Protea
genus Proteles
genus Proterochampsa
genus Proteus
genus Protium
genus Protoavis
genus Protoceratops
genus Protohippus
genus Prumnopitys
genus Prunella
genus Prunus
genus Psaltriparus
genus Psenes
genus Psephurus
genus Psetta
genus Psettichthys
genus Pseudacris
genus Pseudaletia
genus Pseudechis

Literary usage of Genus protium

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

1. Contributions to the Paleobotany of Peru, Bolivia and Chile: Five Papers by Edward Wilber Berry (1922)
"The genus Protium, to which the fossil is referred, includes about 50 existing species, all but about half a dozen being confined to the American tropics. ..."

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