Definition of Onopordon

1. Noun. A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Onopordon

Onmyodo
Ono
Onobrychis
Onobrychis viciaefolia
Onobrychis viciifolia
Onoclea
Onoclea sensibilis
Onoclea struthiopteris
Onodi
Onodi cell
Onondaga
Onondagas
Ononis
Ononis repens
Ononis spinosa
Onopordon (current term)
Onopordon acanthium
Onopordum
Onopordum acanthium
Onosmodium
Onsager
Ont
Ont.
Ontarian
Ontarians
Ontario
Onuf's nucleus
Onufrowicz
Onuphrius
Onychium

Literary usage of Onopordon

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

1. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"The one exception is Onopordon bracteatum, who sins in the opposite direction. For Onopordon bracteatum—so beautiful that there is no need ever again to ..."

2. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"the true plant, and they usually, at their processions, stuck the heads of the latter on the strong spines of the Onopordon. Prop Balfour states that it is ..."

3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"These filaments in Onopordon and Centaurea contract in response to mechanical ... The capitula of Onopordon include neither movable ligulate ray-florets nor ..."

4. Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of by Pennsylvania Dept. of Internal Affairs, Dept. of Internal Affairs, Pennsylvania (1796)
"... toujours cette plante entière, c'eft que les vaches, les chèvres & les chevaux ne la touchent pas. • , i.° Le Pet-d'âne à feuilles d'Acanthe, Onopordon ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The Scotch or cotton thistle (Onopordon acanthium) is a biennial occasionally grown in America and sometimes seen wild in the Eastern States. ..."

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