Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants with small flowers arranged in umbels, and succulent berries, the type of the natural order Araliaccœ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Araliaceae — thearalias .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers
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Examples
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I suspect the unidentified stir-fried vegetable is probably Aralia cordata, what the Japanese call “udo” 独活 or “shishi udo”, otherwise known as Japanese Spikenard .
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And here, courtesy of wikipedia again, Aralia cordata is an upright herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 2-3 m in height, native to Japan, Korea and eastern China.
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Placenta Delivery: To facilitate delivering the placenta, use equal parts blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) with spikenard (Aralia racemosa) tincture, fifty drops every half hour if necessary.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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Saurauja, Prunus: 3 species of Aralia, Castanea, Quercus, etc. A species of Panicum is here cultivated; the Assamese know it by the name Cheena, 3 species of Polygonatum, including that from Laim-planj, one foliis carnosis oppositis. 2 species of Begonia, making altogether six.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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It is not made from rice, nor even from the rice plant, but from the pith of a kind of ivy, the _Aralia papyrifera_, which grows abundantly in the island of Formosa.
Chatterbox, 1905. Various
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Many of the genera of the order _Araliaceæ_ are little known; perhaps the genus _Hedera_ (ivy) is the only one that is popular, and it so happens to immediately follow the genus _Aralia_.
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_Aralia (A. spinosa_), a native of North America; it grows 8 to 12 ft.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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_F_, part of the inflorescence of spikenard, _Aralia_ (_Araliaceæ_),
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Aralia edulis; Peony roots; Levisticum from Sze Ch'uan; Sophora tormentosa; Cyperus rotundus, prepared with rice; Gentian, soaked in vinegar; Huai Shan Yao root; Real "O" glue; Carydalis Ambigua; and Dried liquorice.
Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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Besides, it isn't an Aralia; it's a Gomphocarpus ....
Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892
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