Definition of Leonotis leonurus

1. Noun. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.

Exact synonyms: Cape Dagga, Dagga, Red Dagga, Wilde Dagga
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Leonotis, Leonotis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leonotis Leonurus

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

Literary usage of Leonotis leonurus

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

1. 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 ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"LEONO'TIS OVA'TA, see Leonotis leonurus. Leonti'asis, Leon'tion, (Acwv, 'a lion/) A name given to lepra of the face, from some fancied resemblance between ..."

3. Annals of Botany by IDEAL (Project) (1888)
"... of the Cape Botanic Garden, brought forward the possibility of utilizing Leonotis leonurus, R. Br., as a medicinal plant. It was found on inquiry that ..."

4. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1856)
"Treated in this manner, Leonotis leonurus forms handsome plants of from five to six feet in height and from eight to ten in circumference, clothed with ..."

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