Definition of Erigeron

1. Noun. Cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally.

Exact synonyms: Genus Erigeron
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Fleabane

Definition of Erigeron

1. an herb [n -S] - See also: herb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erigeron

Erica vagans
Ericaceae
Ericales
Erich Mendelsohn
Erich von Stroheim
Erichsen
Erichsen's sign
Erick
Ericka
Ericksonian
Eridanus
Eridian
Eridu
Erie
Erie Canal
Erigeron
Erigeron acer
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron aurantiacus
Erigeron canadensis
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron glaucous
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron pulchellus
Erigeron speciosus
Erignathus
Erignathus barbatus
Erigonum fasciculatum
Erik
Erik Adolf von Willebrand

Literary usage of Erigeron

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

1. Companion to the Botanical Magazine: Being a Journal, Containing Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1836)
"We may here observe that erigeron filiformis, Spr., seems to be Neja ... The habit is that of erigeron, but the characters belong rather to Aster. 1015. ..."

2. Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the by Azor Thurston (1922)
"erigeron is a common weed indigenous to America. CONSTANTS. Specific gravity at 25° C 0.845 to 0.865 Refractive index at 20° C 1.4903 Optical rotation in ..."

3. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1856)
"erigeron Canadense. Canada flea- bane. An indigenous plant, said to possess diuretic, tonic, and astringent properties.] [erigeron (fa, the spring; ..."

4. Materia Medica: For the Use of Students by John Barclay Biddle (1874)
"Canada erigeron, which is found in the Northern and Middle States, has an agreeable odour, ... The oil of Canada erigeron possesses haemostatic properties, ..."

5. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Sowerby, James Edward Smith, George Shaw (1809)
"erigeron canadense. Linn* Sp. PL 1210. Sm. Fl. Brit. 876. Huds. 363. ... We have not met with this erigeron near London, as indicated by Ray and Hudson. ..."

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