Definition of Prenanthes

1. Noun. Genus of North American and Asiatic perennial herbs having pinnatisect leaves small heads of drooping yellowish to purple flowers; sometimes includes species often placed in genus Nabalus.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Prenanthes

Precambrian
Precambrian aeon
Precambrian eon
Precambrian period
Preface
Prekmurian
Prelone
Prem
Premier League
Premiership
Premium Bond
Premonstrant
Premonstrants
Premonstratensian
Premonstratensians
Prenanthes
Prenanthes alba
Prenanthes purpurea
Prenanthes serpentaria
Prentice
Prerna
Pres
Pres Young
Presburger arithmetic
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterianism
Presbyterians
Presbytes
Presbytes entellus

Literary usage of Prenanthes

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

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"prenanthes L. Sp. PI. 797 (1753). 4318. prenanthes alba L. Sp. PI. 798 (1753). ... 4324. prenanthes racemosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 84 (1803). ..."

2. The Paradisus Londinensis: Or Coloured Figures of Plants Cultivated in the ...by Richard Anthony Salisbury, William Hooker by Richard Anthony Salisbury, William Hooker (1807)
"The genus prenanthes was established by VAILLANT in the Memoirs of the French Academy for the year 1/21. LINNE, as appears both in the ..."

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