Definition of Physaria

1. Noun. Small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods.

Exact synonyms: Genus Physaria
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Bladderpod

Lexicographical Neighbors of Physaria

Phyllostomidae
Phyllostomus
Phyllostomus hastatus
Phylloxera vitifoleae
Phylloxeridae
PhyloCode
PhysEd
Physalis alkekengi
Physalis ixocarpa
Physalis peruviana
Physalis philadelphica
Physalis pruinosa
Physalis pubescens
Physalis viscosa
Physaloptera
Physaria
Physarum
Physeter catodon
Physeteridae
Physicians Data Query
Physick
Physidae
Physopsis
Physostegia virginiana
Physostigma venenosum
Phytelephas macrocarpa
Phytoflagellata
Phytolacca acinosa
Phytolacca americana

Literary usage of Physaria

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)
"physaria A. Gray, Gen. Ill. i: 162. 1848. ... About 6 species, natives of western North America, the following typical. i. physaria ..."

2. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"physaria floribunda Rydb. I. c. Densely tufted, the numerous stems and leaves suberect, 15-25 crn. high: radical leaves oblanceolate or spatulate, ..."

3. Pamphlets on Forestry in Washington (1906)
"physaria. 1. physaria geyeri (Hook.) A. Gray, Gen. 111. 1: 162. 1848. ... and this is perhaps the basis for the inclusion of physaria ..."

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