Definition of Grossulariaceae

1. Noun. In some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry.

Exact synonyms: Family Grossulariaceae, Gooseberry Family
Generic synonyms: Plant Family
Group relationships: Order Rosales, Rosales
Member holonyms: Genus Ribes, Ribes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grossulariaceae

Groenlandia
Groenouw's corneal dystrophy
Gromyko
Gronblad-Strandberg syndrome
Groningen
Gronland
Groover's fallacy
Gropius
Gros Ventre
Gross
Gross' leukaemia virus
Gross' virus
Gross National Happiness
Grosseto
Grossman
Grossulariaceae
Grothendieck group
Grotowskian
Groucho
Ground Zero
Groundhog Day
Grove
Grover
Grover's disease
Grover Cleveland
Groves
Grozny
Groznyy
Grub Street

Literary usage of Grossulariaceae

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"grossulariaceae Dumort. Anal. Fam. 37. GOOSEBERRY FAMILY. 1829. Shrubs, with alternate often fascicled usually lobed petioled leaves, and racemose or ..."

2. Views of Nature: Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation by Alexander von Humboldt, Elise C. Otté, Henry George Bohn (1850)
"... is separated from the grossulariaceae (species Ribes), and is confined within the limits indicated by Kunth,J we may regard the whole as exclusively ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"grossulariaceae • Itea virginica L. Tassel-white; Virginia-willow Deciduous shrub River bank. Believed to be extirpated, represented by a single collection ..."

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