Maclura
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Translingual
Etymology
After William Maclure (1763–1840), a Scottish-born American geologist.
Proper noun
Maclura f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Moraceae – family; Maclureae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Maclura pomifera (Osage orange) - type species; Maclura africana, Maclura amboinensis, Maclura andamanica, Maclura brasiliensis, Maclura cochinchinensis (cockspurthorn), Maclura fruticosa, Maclura pubescens, Maclura spinosa, Maclura thorellii, Maclura tinctoria (fustictree, old fustic), Maclura tricuspidata (storehousebush) - other species
References
Maclura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Maclura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Maclura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Maclura at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Maclura at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Maclura at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Maclura at Tropicos
- Maclura at The Plant List
