Definition of Cycloloma atriplicifolium

1. Noun. Bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds.

Exact synonyms: Tumbleweed, Winged Pigweed
Group relationships: Cycloloma, Genus Cycloloma
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cycloloma Atriplicifolium

Cycadophytina
Cycadopsida
Cycas
Cycas circinalis
Cycas revoluta
Cyclades
Cycladic
Cycladic civilisation
Cycladic civilization
Cycladic culture
Cyclamen hederifolium
Cyclamen neopolitanum
Cyclamen purpurascens
Cycliophora
Cycloloma
Cycloloma atriplicifolium (current term)
Cyclopean
Cyclopean architecture
Cyclopes
Cyclopes didactylus
Cyclophorus
Cyclophorus lingua
Cyclophyllidae
Cyclopteridae
Cyclopterus
Cyclopterus lumpus
Cyclosorus
Cyclospora
Cyclosporeae
Cyclostomata

Literary usage of Cycloloma atriplicifolium

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"[Greek, circle-border, alluding to the calyx-wing.] A monotypic genus of north central North America. 1. Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"Among those of special mention are the winged pigweed (Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Sp.) Coult.), one of the plants of the Plains. It is easily distinguished ..."

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