Definition of Frasera

1. Noun. Genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Frasera

Franz Kafka
Franz Kline
Franz Lehar
Franz Liszt
Franz Peter Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Seraph Peter Schubert
Franz Werfel
Frascati
Fraser
Fraser-Lendrum stain
Fraser Island
Fraser fir
Fraser firs
Frasera (current term)
Frasera speciosa
Fraserburgh
Fratercula
Fratercula arctica
Fratercula corniculata
Frau
Fraunce
Frauncis
Fraunhofer's lines
Fraunhofer line
Fraxinus Americana
Fraxinus caroliniana
Fraxinus cuspidata
Fraxinus dipetala

Literary usage of Frasera

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

1. Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy by Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1832)
"Frasera. Calyx, deeply 4-parted. Corolla, 4-parted, spreading; segments oval, with a bearded ... Frasera carolinensis.—Walter. F. Walteri. Mich. Pursh. ..."

2. Notes on Pharmacognosy by Otto Augustus Wall (1902)
"... a drug consisting to any undue extent of the wood-bundles should be rejected. Frasera. y. Frasera, American Colombo, American Gentian. ..."

3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"Frasera. Corolla-lobes imbricated in the bud : stem-leaves mere scales. Calyx of 2 sepals : corolla-lobes relatively short. 5. ..."

4. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"As early as 1584, they seem to have been visited, and to have enjoyed much reputation in the 17th century, after which they sunk in repute. Frasera ..."

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