Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, natural order Compositæ, containing numerous species of herbaceous annuals with milky juice, natives of Europe and Asia, with several species in western North America; the hawk's-beard.
- noun In sponge-spicules, the central axis of a desma.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus of plants including the hawk's beard; cosmopolitan in the northern hemisphere.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere
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Examples
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Helictotrichon pubescens, Dactylis glomerata, Agropyron tianschanicum, and Poa nemoralis and the forbs Solidago virga-aurea, Mulgedium azureum, Doronicum altaicum, Senecio soongoricus, Crepis sibirica, Aegopodium alpestre, and Cerastium dahuricum.
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Some of the remarkable serpentine relics there are Hypochoeris crepidioides, Callianthemum miyabeanum, Crepis gymnopus, Rhamnus ishidae, Betula apoiensis, Viola hidakana, and Primula hidakana.
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If there were any around, their chicks could take advantage of the Crepis, a dandelion-like plant, growing in the burned areas, a favored food for sage grouse chicks that need lots of protein in their diet.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003
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ΣΟΓΚΟΣ ΤΡΥΦΕΡΟΣ {SOGKOS TRYPHEROS} = _Crepis paludosa_, _Mœn.
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Nardus ceasing below, it is towards this that Crepis? and Campanula are common.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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(_Crepis biennis_), the Aster _Tripolium_, and many others could be given as instances.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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(_Hesperis matronalis_), of the hawkweed (_Picris hieracioides_), of the rough hawksbeard (_Crepis biennis_), and others.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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And to the poppus or down, affixed to fome feeds; as in SonchiiSy Lacluca, Chondrilla, Pfenanthes s Lean - to Joiiy Hicrocium, Crepis t Andryala, Car duns y Orio - pordum.
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