Definition of dicot genus Dicot genus
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| dicot genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination | ||
| magnoliopsid genus | ||
| genus a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism" | ||
| class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae | ||
| magnoliid dicot genus genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms | ||
| hamamelid dicot genus genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins | ||
| caryophylloid dicot genus genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers | ||
| dilleniid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs | ||
| asterid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs | ||
| rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| genus myrica, myrica deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees | ||
| comptonia, genus comptonia one species: sweet fern | ||
| genus leitneria, leitneria one species: corkwood | ||
| apocynum, genus apocynum perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers | ||
| acocanthera, acokanthera, genus acocanthera, genus acokanthera small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa | ||
| adenium, genus adenium one species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia | ||
| genus allamanda genus of tropical American woody vines | ||
| alstonia, genus alstonia genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia | ||
| amsonia, genus amsonia genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America | ||
| beaumontia, genus beaumontia small genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia | ||
| genus carissa Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs | ||
| catharanthus, genus catharanthus small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca | ||
| genus holarrhena, holarrhena genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia | ||
| dipladenia, genus dipladenia, genus mandevilla, mandevilla genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap | ||
| genus nerium, nerium one species: oleander | ||
| genus plumeria, plumeria, plumiera deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers | ||
| genus rauvolfia, genus rauwolfia pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees | ||
| genus strophanthus genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees | ||
| genus tabernaemontana, tabernaemontana evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap | ||
| genus thevetia, thevetia genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers | ||
| genus trachelospermum, trachelospermum genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems | ||
| genus vinca, vinca periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials | ||
| aristolochia, genus aristolochia birthworts; Dutchman's-pipe | ||
| asarum, genus asarum wild ginger | ||
| genus nopalea, nopalea a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers | ||
| genus primula very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers | ||
| anagallis, genus anagallis chiefly Old World herbs | ||
| centunculus, genus centunculus a dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae | ||
| genus cyclamen genus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves | ||
| genus glaux, glaux sea milkwort | ||
| genus hottonia, hottonia aquatic herbs | ||
| genus lysimachia, lysimachia loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive | ||
| genus samolus, samolus genus of herbs usually growing in salt marshes: water pimpernels | ||
| genus myrsine, myrsine evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage; Africa; Asia (New Zealand) | ||
| ardisia, genus ardisia tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas | ||
| genus plumbago shrubs and herbs and woody vines of warm regions: leadwort | ||
| armeria, genus armeria shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials | ||
| genus limonium, limonium sea lavender | ||
| genus jacquinia, jacquinia sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae | ||
| cucurbita, genus cucurbita type genus of the Cucurbitaceae | ||
| genus bryonia climbing perennial herbs: bryony | ||
| citrullus, genus citrullus a dicot genus of the family Cucurbitaceae including watermelons | ||
| cucumis, genus cucumis cucumbers; muskmelons | ||
| ecballium, genus ecballium exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber | ||
| genus lagenaria, lagenaria bottle gourds | ||
| genus luffa dishcloth gourds | ||
| genus momordica, momordica Old World tropical vine | ||
| goodenia a genus of shrubs and herbs that grow in Australia and New Guinea and Malaysia and southeast Asia | ||
| genus lobelia in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae | ||
| bartle frere, genus bartle-frere, green dinosaur a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur'; genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named | ||
| genus protea type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs | ||
| genus banksia important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers | ||
| conospermum, genus conospermum Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush | ||
| embothrium, genus embothrium small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters | ||
| genus guevina, guevina one species: Chilean nut | ||
| genus grevillea large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers | ||
| genus hakea, hakea Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers | ||
| genus knightia, knightia small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia | ||
| genus lambertia, lambertia small genus of Australian shrubs | ||
| genus leucadendron, leucadendron large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts | ||
| genus lomatia small genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia; some yield dyes | ||
| genus macadamia trees or shrubs; Madagascar to Australia | ||
| genus orites, orites small genus of Australian shrubs or trees | ||
| genus persoonia, persoonia Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungs | ||
| genus stenocarpus, stenocarpus small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysia | ||
| genus telopea, telopea Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs | ||
| genus xylomelum, xylomelum small species of Australian trees or shrubs; grown for their fruit and flowers | ||
| genus casuarina genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales | ||
| clethra, genus clethra type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet | ||
| centaurium, genus centaurium genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers | ||
| eustoma, genus eustoma small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America | ||
| exacum, genus exacum genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets | ||
| frasera, genus frasera genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia | ||
| gentiana, genus gentiana type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella | ||
| genus gentianella, gentianella low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers | ||
| gentianopsis, genus gentianopsis genus of fringed gentians; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana | ||
| genus halenia, halenia genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians | ||
| genus sabbatia genus of smooth slender North American herbs with showy flowers | ||
| genus swertia, swertia genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa | ||
| genus salvadora, salvadora genus of evergreen trees or shrubs; fruit is a drupe; grows in Africa through Arabia to India and China | ||
| genus olea, olea evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits | ||
| chionanthus, genus chionanthus deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree | ||
| genus forestiera genus of often spiny American shrubs and trees | ||
| genus forsythia forsythia | ||
| fraxinus, genus fraxinus ash | ||
| genus jasminum, jasminum shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine | ||
| genus ligustrum, ligustrum genus of Old World shrubs: privet | ||
| genus osmanthus, osmanthus widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan | ||
| genus phillyrea, phillyrea small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region | ||
| genus syringa, syringa genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs | ||
| genus hamamelidanthum, hamamelidanthum genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region | ||
| genus hamamelidoxylon, hamamelidoxylon genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel | ||
| genus hamamelites, hamamelites genus of fossil plants having leaves similar to those of the witch hazel | ||
| genus juglans, juglans type genus of the Juglandaceae | ||
| carya, genus carya genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China | ||
| genus pterocarya, pterocarya Asiatic nut trees: wing nuts | ||
| genus combretum type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees | ||
| conocarpus, genus conocarpus monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree | ||
| elaeagnus, genus elaeagnus oleaster | ||
| genus myriophyllum, myriophyllum chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils) | ||
| genus grias, grias anchovy pear tree | ||
| bertholletia, genus bertholletia brazil nut | ||
| genus lythrum, lythrum loosestrife | ||
| genus myrtus, myrtus type genus of the Myrtaceae | ||
| genus pimenta, pimenta allspice tree | ||
| eugenia, genus eugenia tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood | ||
| genus feijoa small South American shrubs or trees | ||
| genus jambos, jambos used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos) | ||
| genus myrciaria, myrcia, myrciaria a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family | ||
| genus psidium, psidium guavas | ||
| genus eucalyptus tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves | ||
| genus syzygium, syzygium a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere | ||
| genus nyssa, nyssa tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds | ||
| genus fuchsia large genus of decorative tropical shrubs with pendulous tetramerous flowers | ||
| genus oenothera, oenothera chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers | ||
| genus punica, punica coextensive with the family Punicaceae | ||
| genus rhizophora, rhizophora type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs | ||
| genus daphne usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs | ||
| dirca, genus dirca deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood | ||
| genus trapa, trapa small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water chestnut | ||
| genus urtica, urtica a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax | ||
| boehmeria, genus boehmeria false nettle | ||
| genus helxine, genus soleirolia, helxine, soleirolia one species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb | ||
| genus laportea, laportea mostly tropical stinging herbs or trees: nettle | ||
| genus parietaria, parietaria small genus of stingless herbs | ||
| genus pilea, pilea low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage | ||
| genus pipturus, pipturus an Australian genus of woody plants of the family Urticaceae | ||
| genus cannabis hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions; in some classifications included in the family Moraceae | ||
| genus humulus, humulus hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap; in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae | ||
| genus morus, morus type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries | ||
| genus maclura, maclura yellowwood trees or shrubs | ||
| artocarpus, genus artocarpus evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit | ||
| ficus, genus ficus large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees | ||
| broussonetia, genus broussonetia paper mulberry | ||
| genus cecropia, cecropia North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees | ||
| genus ulmus, ulmus type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions | ||
| celtis, genus celtis large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit | ||
| genus planera, planera a deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States | ||
| genus trema, trema an evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia | ||
| genus menyanthes, menyanthes the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans | ||
| genus logania, logania type genus of the Loganiaceae; Australian and New Zealand shrubs sometimes cultivated for their flowers | ||
| genus buddleia shrubs or trees of warm regions | ||
| gelsemium, genus gelsemium evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia | ||
| genus plantago, plantago type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs | ||
| genus polygonum, polygonum diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions | ||
| fagopyrum, genus fagopyrum buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum | ||
| genus eriogonum North American herbs of the buckwheat family | ||
| genus rheum, rheum rhubarb | ||
| genus rumex, rumex docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions | ||
| dodonaea, genus dodonaea a genus of tropical shrub or tree | ||
| genus sapindus, sapindus type genus of the Sapindaceae | ||
| blighia, genus blighia small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe | ||
| cardiospermum, genus cardiospermum tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot | ||
| dimocarpus, genus dimocarpus longan | ||
| genus harpullia genus of tropical Asiatic and African trees | ||
| genus litchi Chinese trees | ||
| genus melicocca, genus melicoccus, melicocca, melicoccus tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries | ||
| genus nephelium, nephelium a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia | ||
| buxus, genus buxus type genus of the Buxaceae | ||
| genus pachysandra evergreen perennial procumbent subshrubs or herbs | ||
| celastrus, genus celastrus genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet | ||
| euonymus, genus euonymus widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines | ||
| genus cyrilla one species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruit | ||
| cliftonia, genus cliftonia one species: titi | ||
| empetrum, genus empetrum crowberries | ||
| acer, genus acer type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit | ||
| dipteronia, genus dipteronia small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China | ||
| genus ilex, ilex a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies) | ||
| anacardium, genus anacardium type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew | ||
| astronium, genus astronium a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae | ||
| cotinus, genus cotinus smoke trees | ||
| genus malosma, malosma one species; often included in the genus Rhus | ||
| genus mangifera, mangifera tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit | ||
| genus pistacia, pistacia a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit | ||
| genus rhodosphaera, rhodosphaera one species; an Australian evergreen sumac | ||
| genus rhus, rhus deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron) | ||
| genus schinus, schinus genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China | ||
| genus spondias, spondias tropical trees having one-seeded fruit | ||
| genus toxicodendron, toxicodendron in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America | ||
| aesculus, genus aesculus deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America; southeastern Europe; eastern Asia | ||
| genus staphylea, staphylea a genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae | ||
| diospyros, genus diospyros a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood | ||
| achras, genus achras tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit | ||
| bumelia, genus bumelia deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex | ||
| calocarpum, genus calocarpum a genus of tropical American trees of the family Sapotaceae | ||
| chrysophyllum, genus chrysophyllum tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs | ||
| genus manilkara, manilkara genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical | ||
| genus palaquium, palaquium large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves | ||
| genus payena, payena genus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha | ||
| genus pouteria, pouteria tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel) | ||
| genus symplocus, symplocus type and sole genus of Symplocaceae including sweetleaf | ||
| genus styrax deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees | ||
| genus halesia, halesia deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America | ||
| genus sarracenia, sarracenia pitcher plants | ||
| darlingtonia, genus darlingtonia one species: California pitcher plant | ||
| genus heliamphora, heliamphora genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America | ||
| genus nepenthes, nepenthes pitcher plants | ||
| drosera, genus drosera the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants | ||
| dionaea, genus dionaea a genus of the family Droseraceae | ||
| aldrovanda, genus aldrovanda one species: waterwheel plant | ||
| drosophyllum, genus drosophyllum one species | ||
| genus roridula insectivorous undershrubs of South Africa; in some classifications placed in the family Droseraceae | ||
| cordia, genus cordia tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae | ||
| genus convolvulus genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs: bindweed | ||
| argyreia, genus argyreia woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia | ||
| calystegia, genus calystegia climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed | ||
| cuscuta, genus cuscuta genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder | ||
| genus dichondra genus of chiefly tropical prostrate perennial herbs with creeping stems that root at the nodes | ||
| genus ipomoea, ipomoea morning glory | ||
| genus monardella, monardella a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States | ||
| genus rhamnus, rhamnus type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns | ||
| colubrina, genus colubrina mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits | ||
| genus ziziphus, ziziphus spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes | ||
| genus paliurus, paliurus thorny Eurasian shrubs | ||
| genus pomaderris, pomaderris a genus of Australasian shrubs and trees | ||
| genus vitis, vitis the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes | ||
| genus parthenocissus, parthenocissus woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils | ||
| genus piper, piper someone who plays the bagpipe | ||
| genus peperomia large genus of small tropical usually succulent herbs | ||
| chloranthus, genus chloranthus type genus of the Chloranthaceae | ||
| genus saururus, saururus type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails | ||
| anemopsis, genus anemopsis one species: yerba mansa | ||
| genus houttuynia, houttuynia one species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places | ||
| asclepias, genus asclepias genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed | ||
| araujia, genus araujia small genus of South American evergreen vines | ||
| genus cynancum genus of perennial tropical African lianas | ||
| genus hoya large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia | ||
| genus periploca, periploca genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World | ||
| genus sarcostemma, sarcostemma succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia | ||
| genus stapelia genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East India | ||
| genus stephanotis genus of Old World tropical woody vines | ||
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