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Large genus of brambles bearing berries
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rubus
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Rubus is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae , subfamily Rosoideae , with 250–700 species. Raspberries , blackberries , and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of these plants have ...
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n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Rubus'' of flowering plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rubus \Ru"bus\, n. [L.] (Bot.) A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.
Usage examples of rubus.
We may instance Rubus, Rosa, and Hieracium amongst plants, several genera of insects, and several genera of Brachiopod shells.
Means of observation--Apogeotropism--Cytisus--Verbena--Beta--Gradual conversion of the movement of circumnutation into apogeotropism in Rubus, Lilium, Phalaris, Avena, and Brassica--Apogeotropism retarded by heliotropism--Effected by the aid of joints or pulvini--Movements of flowerpeduncles of Oxalis--General remarks on apogeotropism--Geotropism--Movements of radicles--Burying of seedcapsules--Use of process--Trifolium subterraneum--Arachis--Amphicarpaea--Diageotropism--Conclusion.
Its edge was a mass of myrtles interwoven with the rubus and flowering tecoma and clematis.
He picked up ripe and luscious black apples, and here and there he gathered the little red berries of the Rubus parvifolius.
The resulting plant, though not a true Rubus, certainly looked the part.
We may instance Rubus, Rosa, and Hieracium amongst plants, several genera of insects, and several genera of Brachiopod shells.
Means of observation Apogeotropism--Cytisus--Verbena--Beta--Gradual conversion of the movement of circumnutation into apogeotropism in Rubus, Lilium, Phalaris, Avena, and Brassica--Apogeotropism retarded by heliotropism--Effected by the aid of joints or pulvini--Movements of flowerpeduncles of Oxalis--General remarks on apogeotropism--Geotropism--Movements of radicles--Burying of seedcapsules--Use of process--Trifolium subterraneum--Arachis--Amphicarpaea--Diageotropism--Conclusion OUR object in the present chapter is to show that geotropism, apogeotropism, and diageotropism are modified forms of circumnutation.
The edge itself bears a row of conical, flattened, transparent points with broad bases, like the prickles on the stem of a bramble or Rubus.
Golden Seal belongs to the Buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, though its leaves and fruit somewhat resemble those of the Raspberry and the Rubus genus generally.