Definition of Filago germanica

1. Noun. (literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose.

Exact synonyms: Herba Impia
Generic synonyms: Cotton Rose, Cudweed, Filago

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filago Germanica

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Fifth Crusade
Fighting French
Fighting Joe Hooker
Figueira's syndrome
Fiji
Fiji Hindi
Fiji Islands
Fiji dollar
Fijian
Fijian Hindi
Fijians
Fijis
Fil-
Fil-Am
Filago germanica
Filariicae
Filariidae
Filaroides
Filatov's disease
Filatov's operation
Filatov's spots
Filatov-Gillies flap
Filatov-Gillies tubed pedicle
Filatov Dukes' disease
Filatov flap
File Transfer Protocol
Filicales
Filicinae
Filicopsida

Literary usage of Filago germanica

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

1. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1849)
"... Esq. IF you and your readers are not yet quite tired of communications respecting filago germanica, and its near allies, perhaps you will allow me to ..."

2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"... (L.) Dumort (filago germanica L.). Europe, n:it. in US Cotton Rose, Chafe-weed, Cudweed, Childing Cudweed, Down-weed, Herb Christopher*, ..."

3. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"... spear-shaped ending in long tai er points. Blossom yellowish. Germens in all the florets rough, and crowned with down. filago germanica. LINN. ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Filago. Gl. Arundel, 42 ; MS. Bodley, 536.' Cockayne, iii. 333. filago germanica, L. In Ger. Appx. and Hal. and Wr. we have ..."

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