Definition of Pachyrhizus

1. Noun. Small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pachyrhizus

Pablo Casals
Pablo Neruda
Pablum
Pabna District
Pac-Man
Pac1 ribonuclease
Pac Man
Pacer
Pacers
Pacheco's disease
Pacheco's parrot disease virus
Pachon's method
Pachon's test
Pachycephala
Pachyrhizus
Pachyrhizus erosus
Pachyrhizus tuberosus
Pachysandra procumbens
Pachysandra terminalis
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Pacific Daylight Time
Pacific Diver
Pacific Islander
Pacific Northwest
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Standard Time
Pacific Time
Pacific blackberries

Literary usage of Pachyrhizus

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

1. Popular Science Monthly (1902)
"The natives of the Tonga Islands no longer cultivate pachyrhizus for food, but they nevertheless encourage its growth in their fallow clearings in the ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Some species of pachyrhizus, also an allied genus, are remarkable for their tuberous roots, as pachyrhizus angulatus, a native of India, now cultivated in ..."

3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"pachyrhizus angulatus, Rhynchosia viscosa, Flemingia Gra- ... The lamina of the first pair in pachyrhizus angulatus is broadly triangular. ..."

4. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock (1893)
"A very similar compound is found in the seeds of pachyrhizus angulatus, Rich., ... It is very readily prepared from pachyrhizus, which occurs in all ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Pachyrhizus on Dictionary.com!Search for Pachyrhizus on Thesaurus.com!Search for Pachyrhizus on Google!Search for Pachyrhizus on Wikipedia!

Search