Definition of Melampodium

1. Noun. Herbs and subshrubs of warm North America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Melampodium

Meissner
Meissner's corpuscle
Meissner's plexus
Meissner effect
Meister Eckhart
Meitner
Mejico
Mekcase
Mekhitarist
Mekhitarists
Mekong
Mekong River
Mel
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson
Mel Gibson
Melampodium (current term)
Melampodium leucanthum
Melampsora
Melampsora lini
Melampsoraceae
Melanchthon
Melanerpes
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Melanesia
Melanesian
Melanesians
Melanie
Melanie Klein
Melanitta
Melanitta nigra

Literary usage of Melampodium

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Melampodium leucanthum T. & G. FI. NA a : 271. 1842. Perennial, woody at the base, branched, canes- cent, 4'-! 2' high, the branches slender. ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"(AP de Candolle, 1836), < Melampodium + -e(B.~] A subtribe of ... [< Melampodium^] Resembling or belonging to the genus Melampodium. ..."

3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1813)
"3. p. 2336. Nat. of Africa. James Bruce, Esq. Introd. 177*. Fl. April and May. S. <?. Melampodium. Gen. pi. 1338. Recept. pale*ceum, conicum. ..."

4. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"Melampodium the Plant.—Anciently this herb had the name Hellebore, expressive of its deleterious qualities on being inordinately employed. ..."

5. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"It continued for many ages after that event to be recognized as the Melampodium ;t but, for reasons which satisfied Linnaeus, the term now distinguishes a ..."

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