Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of composite plants, of the tribe Cichoriaceæ and subtribe Crepideæ, distinguished by its plumose pappus.
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- noun genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed
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I. Absorbent system evinced by experiments by coloured absorptions in fig-tree and picris; called air-vessels erroneously; spiral structure of absorbent vessels; retrograde motion of them like the throats of cows.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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Vegetable blood changes colour in the leaves; experiment with spurge; with picris.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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