Definition of Genus tofieldia

1. Noun. Genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae.

Exact synonyms: Tofieldia
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: False Asphodel, Scotch Asphodel, Tofieldia Pusilla

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tofieldia

genus Tibicen
genus Tichodroma
genus Tilapia
genus Tilia
genus Tillandsia
genus Tilletia
genus Timalia
genus Tinca
genus Tinea
genus Tineola
genus Tipuana
genus Titanosaurus
genus Tithonia
genus Todea
genus Todus
genus Tofieldia
genus Tolmiea
genus Tolypeutes
genus Tomistoma
genus Toona
genus Torreya
genus Tortrix
genus Townsendia
genus Toxicodendron
genus Toxostoma
genus Toxotes
genus Trachinotus
genus Trachipterus
genus Trachodon

Literary usage of Genus tofieldia

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

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1819)
"A Botanical History of the genus tofieldia, By Sir James Edward ... The genus Tofieldia has occasioned much difference of opinion among botanists, ..."

2. Transactions of the Linnean Societyby Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library by Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library (1867)
"1 . Some information respecting the Lignum Rhodium . A botanical history of the genus Tofieldia . xii. 235 . Characters of two species of ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1819)
"On the genus Tofieldia, 292. Snake-eater, account of, 378. Snow, Red, obs.respecting, 348. Soils, on the adaptation of Solitude, literary, essay on, 86. ..."

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