Definition of Collinsonia

1. Noun. Small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United States.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Collinsonia

Collin
Colling
Collinge
Collings
Collins
Collinses
Collinsia
Collinsia bicolor
Collinsia heterophylla
Collinsia parviflora
Collinsia verna
Collinsian
Collinson
Collinsonia (current term)
Collinsonia canadensis
Collis
Collis-Belsey procedure
Collis Potter Huntington
Collison
Collocalia
Collocalia inexpectata
Collop Monday
Colls
Collyer
Collyns
Collyriclum
Colm
Colman

Literary usage of Collinsonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Physiological materia medica, containing all that is known of the by William H. Burt (1896)
"Through the spinal and hypogastric nerves, Collinsonia has three- special centers of ... The action of Collinsonia upon the kidneys is to increase the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1900)
"Nocturnal heat, with violent thirst. Collinsonia Canadensis. ... Collinsonia is native to North America. It has a very tough, hard, knotted root. ..."

3. Journal of Materia Medica (1875)
"Collinsonia CANADENSIS. Horse-balm. BY JOSEPH BATES, MD In presenting this agent for ... Collinsonia Canadensis belongs to Natural Order Lamiaceae. ..."

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