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Definition of Parthenium integrifolium
1. Noun. Stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns.
Group relationships: Genus Parthenium, Parthenium
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parthenium Integrifolium
Literary usage of Parthenium integrifolium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Western Lancet: A Monthly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery (1853)
"Parthenium integrifolium.—Dr. Mason Houlton has lately employed the parthenium
integrifolium, prairie dock, with perfect success in intermitting fever. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Parthenium integrifolium L. American Fever-few. Prairie Dock. Fig. 4433. P.
integrifolium L. Sp. PI. 988. 1753. short hairs, or glabrous below, ..."
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