Definition of Krameria

1. n. A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (K. triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained.

Definition of Krameria

1. Noun. Any member of the genus ''Krameria'' of rhatanies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Krameria

1. a South American medicinal plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Krameria

1. A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (K. Triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained. Origin: NL. So called after the German botanists, J. G. H. & W. H. Kramer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Krameria

krab
krabs
kraft
kraft paper
kraft pulp
krafts
krai
krais
kraisslite
krait
kraits
kraken
krakens
krakowiak
krakowiaks
krameria (current term)
kramerias
krameric
krang
krangs
krans
kranses
krantz
krantzes
kranz
kranzes
krapfen
krapfens
krasnovite
krater

Literary usage of Krameria

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

1. Guide to the Materials for American History in Roman and Other Italian Archives by Carl Russell Fish (1911)
"Three species of krameria have been reported from southern Arizona, of which A', ... krameria canescens is a sparingly-branched shrub, gray in color. ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"krameria FAMILY. Pubescent herbs, or low shrubs, with alternate simple or ... Type species: krameria lx\ne L. 1. krameria lanceolata Torr. ..."

3. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics by John Vietch Shoemaker (1908)
"krameria is a powerful astringent. Therapy.—In Peru it is largely used as a ... krameria is employed as a systemic remedy in epistaxis, ..."

4. A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1906)
"krameria Family. Kra-me-ri-a'se-e. L. Krameri-a. + acere, in honor of Drs. JGH nnd WH Kramer, German botanists, of the eighteenth century. ..."

5. A Text-book of materia medica, therapeutics and pharmacology by George Frank Butler (1899)
"taste, krameria is to be preferred. Owing to its speedy action, it checks the ... The root of krameria triandra Ruiz et Pavon, and of krameria ixina L., ..."

6. The Essentials of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics by Alfred Baring Garrod (1865)
"Adulteration. Ginseng, or root of Panax quinquefolium ; also Gillenia, detected by absence of the line running along the true senega root. krameria. ..."

7. Materia Medica and Therapeutics, for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle (1886)
"... alcohol and water to make loo parts of tincture), f 5j or f 3ij may be given, and it is frequently added to chalk mixture in diarrhoea. krameria. ..."

8. Materia Medica and Pharmacy by Reynold Webb Wilcox, William Hale-White (1905)
"Peruvian krameria.—R00t-branches several or many, usually occurring with several or many attached to a short, hard, and w00dy tap-r00t, which is 1.5 to 4 ..."

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