Definition of Leonotis

1. Noun. Small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Leonotis

Leonian
Leonians
Leonid
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
Leonidas
Leonidi
Leonidio
Leonidion
Leonids
Leonie
Leonora
Leonore
Leonotis (current term)
Leonotis leonurus
Leonotis nepetaefolia
Leonotis nepetifolia
Leontief
Leontocebus
Leontocebus oedipus
Leontocebus rosalia
Leontodon autumnalis
Leontopodium
Leontopodium alpinum
Leontyne Price
Leonurus
Leonurus cardiaca
Leopold

Literary usage of Leonotis

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

1. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
""East India Thyme." In a dry, rocky place along a road at the east end; locally abundant. June (no num.), March (Mrs. R. 224): Eggers Fl. 638. 835. Leonotis ..."

2. The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India by William Dymock (1885)
"... to the towns in small parcels containing a pound or less. The statement that the seeds are used for killing vermin appears to be a mistake. Leonotis ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1910)
"The three plants mentioned as the most important snake-bite remedies are Leonotis ovata (Dutch, " Klip dogga"). Leonotis Leonurus (Kaffir ..."

4. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Catmint-leaved Leonotis. Nat. of the East Indies. Introd. ... Narrow-leaved Leonotis. Lion's-tail. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Cult. ..."

5. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1851)
"In the eastern districts of the Cape Colony, Leonotis ova'ta is used for the same purpose. LEONTI'ASIS, Leon'tion, ..."

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