Definition of Lolium temulentum

1. Noun. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous.

Exact synonyms: Bearded Darnel, Cheat, Darnel, Tare
Generic synonyms: Rye Grass, Ryegrass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lolium Temulentum

Lojban
Lojbanist
Lojbanists
Lojbanize
Lok
Lokasenna
Lokean
Lokeans
Loki
Lola
Lola Montez
Lolitas
Lolium multiflorum
Lolium perenne
Lolium temulentum (current term)
Lolland
Lollardies
Lollardy
Lolly
Lollywood
Lolo
Lolo-Burmese
Loloish
Lolol
Lom
Lomariopsidaceae
Lomavren
Lombard
Lombard Street

Literary usage of Lolium temulentum

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"... very equally spaced from the extreme red to the violet, and with dark spaces between them. " The Seed-fungus of Lolium temulentum, L., the Darnel. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... from Aram, zonin, stands for Lolium temulentum, or bearded darnel, the only grass with a poisonous seed, "entirely like wheat till the ear appears". ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1876)
"To sum up, the uterine souffle is a symptom, but not a sign of pregnancy. (To bt continued.) ARTICLE VI.—The Toxical Properties of Lolium temulentum and ..."

4. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock (1893)
"(from alkaline solution) 3-50 Salts and extractive (from acid solution) 5-50 Cellulose 37'00 Water 2<H)0 96-25 Lolium temulentum, Linn. Fig. ..."

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