Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of leguminous herbs and shrubs of the tribe Galegeæ, the type of the subtribe Psoralieæ, characterized by an ovary with one ovule, an indehiscent pod with its seed adherent, and entire calyx-lobes which are unchanged in fruit.
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- noun widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers
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Examples
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After much pains I found one of the places where they had dug the plants, and to my surprise discovered, from the tops broken off, that the plant was one I was well acquainted with, having found it even in the vicinity of St. Louis, where I had first discovered it, and determined it to be a new species of psoralea, which is now known as psoralea esculenta.
Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811 1819
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Ingredients include: Indigo naturalis (widely used as a natural flaky skin treatment), isatis tinctoria, psoralea fruit, coptis chinensis, phellodendron amurense, sophora flavescens (another commonly used herbal skin treatment) and centella asiatica (has been proven to promote healing).
Psoriasis Guru » Blog Archive » What Is Champori and Is It an Effective Psoriasis Treatment? 2009
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(_Convolvus arvensis_) or psoralea (_P. biluminosa_), of which the insect nibbles only the corollæ.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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It is a new _psoralea_, and occurred frequently henceforward along our road.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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_Amorpha_, with the same _psoralea_, and a dwarf species of _lupinus_, are the characteristic plants.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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During the day, I had occasionally remarked among the hills the _psoralea esculenta_, the bread root of the Indians.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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_Sida coccinea_ occurred frequently, with a _psoralea_ near _psoralea floribunda_, and a number of plants not hitherto met, just verging into bloom.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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We met here a small party of Kansas and Delaware Indians, the latter returning from a hunting and trapping expedition on the upper waters of the river; and on the heights above were five or six Kansas women, engaged in digging prairie potatoes, (_psoralea esculenta_.)
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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He often sallies out into the open ground; and on those prairies where grows the _pomme blanche_, or "Indian turnip" (_psoralea esculenta_), he may be seen tearing up the earth with his claws, and leaving it turned into furrows -- as if a drove of hogs had been "rooting" the ground.
Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mayne Reid 1850
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There were two species -- one that resembled a small turnip, and, in fact, was the Indian turnip (_psoralea esculenta_), while the other was the wild onion found in many parts of
The Boy Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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