Definition of Descurainia pinnata

1. Noun. North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy.

Exact synonyms: Tansy Mustard
Group relationships: Descurainia, Genus Descurainia
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Descurainia Pinnata

Derris elliptica
Derry
Dervish
Dervishes
Deryck
Derzsy's disease
Des Moines
Desault's bandage
Descanso
Descartes
Descartes' law
Descartes law
Deschamps
Deschamps needle
Descurainia
Descurainia pinnata (current term)
Desderman
Desegregation
Deseret
Desert Fox
Desert Storm syndrome
Deshawn
Desi
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiree
Deskati
Desmanthus
Desmanthus ilinoensis
Desmarres' dacryoliths
Desmidiaceae

Literary usage of Descurainia pinnata

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

1. List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta Growing Without Cultivation in by Botanical Club (1894)
"Sisymbrium incisum Engelm. in A. Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. 4: 8 (1849). 1930. Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britton. ..."

2. Weeds of the North Central States edited by Lloyd M. Wax, Richard S. Fawcett, Duane Isely (1999)
"TANSY MUSTARD (Descurainia pinnata) p. 94 22. Flowers (flower heads) without petals or marginal petal- like structures, the heads button- or bell-shaped; ..."

3. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"Six herb species, Arabis pulchra, Shockley's rock cress, desert paintbrush, tansey mustard, (Descurainia pinnata), Gilia austro-occidentalis and Fremont's ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... 265 Deschampsia cespitosa, 513 flexuosa, 513 Descurainia pinnata, 143 sophia, 143 canescens, 201 ciliare, 201 cuspidatum, ..."

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