Glycine
See also: glycine
Translingual
editEtymology
editCoined by Carl Linnaeus after Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) because of one member of the genus having a sweet root. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “suffix? source?”)
Proper noun
editGlycine f
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Phaseoleae - tribe; Glycininae - subtribe
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Glycine subg. Glycine, Glycine subg. Soya - subgenera; Glycine clandestina - type species; Glycine soja (ancestral wild soybean), Glycine max (cultivated soybean) - selected species; See Glycine on WikipediaWikipedia or Glycine on WikispeciesWikispecies for more species and subspecies.
References
edit- Glycine (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Glycine on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Glycine on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Glycine at USDA Plants database