Definition of Dicentra canadensis

1. Noun. American plant with cream-colored flowers and tuberous roots resembling kernels of corn.

Exact synonyms: Squirrel Corn
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicentra Canadensis

Diapensiaceae
Diapensiales
Diapheromera femorata
Diapsida
Diaptomus
Dias
Diaspididae
Diaspora
Diatomophyceae
Diaz
Dibothriocephalus
Dibothriocephalus latus
Dibranchia
Dicamptodon ensatus
Dicamptodontidae
Dicentra canadensis (current term)
Dicentra cucullaria
Dicentra spectabilis
Diceros
Diceros bicornis
Diceros simus
Dichelobacter nodosus
Dichondra micrantha

Literary usage of Dicentra canadensis

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

1. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"The root or tuber of the Dicentra canadensis (C. formosa, Pursh) when fresh is of a darkish-yellow color throughout, while the Dicentra Cucullaria (C. ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Dicentra canadensis Walp. Rep. I: 118. 1842. B. canadensis Millsp. Bull. West Va. Agric. Exp. Sta. 2: 327. 1892. Glabrous, the rootstock bearing numerous ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1902)
"... closely related poppy family, as far as investigated, have been found to be alkaloid bearing. Dicentra canadensis, Walp. (Corydalis canadensis, Goldie ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Brazil. BR 682. LBC 12:1196. PM 3:127. G. 27:569. JH III. 43:262. 1258. Leaf of Dicentra canadensis. —Squirrel-corn. AA. Foliage variegated. mosaica, Lind. ..."

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