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Webster 1913 Edition
Forsythia
‖
For-syth′i-a
,Adj.
[NL. Named after William
Forsyth
, who brought in from China.] (Bot.)
A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms.
Definition 2024
Forsythia
Forsythia
See also: forsythia
Translingual
Proper noun
Forsythia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Oleaceae – the forsythias, native to Eurasia, principally east Asia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Oleaceae - family; Forsythieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Forsythia sect. Forsythia, Forsythia sect. Giralidianae - sections
- Forsythia × intermedia, Forsythia × kobendzae, Forsythia × variabilis - nothospecies