Definition of Onopordum

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Onopordum

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

Literary usage of Onopordum

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

1. The Classical Museum by Leonhard Schmitz (1846)
"18) is supposed to be Onopordum Acanthium, figured in Eng. Botany, tab. 977, and Curtis's Flora Londinensis, tab. 57; or, as Sibthorp conjectures, Onopordum ..."

2. The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the Popular Names and Uses of the by George Johnston, George Tate (1853)
"The plant carried in the processions of Freemasons is the Onopordum ... The preference the Onopordum has thus obtained is solely from its size and erect ..."

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