Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of composite plants of the tribe Senecionideæ and subtribe Tussilagineæ, characterized by scapes bearing many partly diœcious heads of flowers with involucral bracts in but one row.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur; sweet coltsfoot
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Examples
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Because of this it may be a good idea to avoid using herbs such as conifrey, borage, senecio, coltsfoot, boneset, and petasites during pregnancy and for infants and young children.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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Another species, the Butter bur (_Tussilago petasites_), [120] is named from _petasus_, an umbrella, or a broad covering for the head.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Look, here is a very lovely parallelogram of green surrounded by petasites.
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Leafy architectural statements like silvery cardoons, echiums, ornamental rhubarb and petasites fill the beds and borders with their pointed, jagged and dinner-plate-sized foliage.
The Seattle Times 2009
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