Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of composite herbs of the tribe Inuloideæ and subtribe Euinuleæ.

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  • noun genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane

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  • In Florida the negro bug, Thyreocoris pulicaria, has been reported to damage the crop; the larvae develop inside the tubers.

    Chapter 14 1987

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