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Definition of Argemone mexicana
1. Noun. Annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers; southern United States to West Indies and Mexico.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Argemone Mexicana
Literary usage of Argemone mexicana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1854)
"6, December 1, 1852, an article by Dr. W. Hamilton, MB, on the successful
application of the oil of Argemone mexicana, as a remedy for Asiatic Cholera, ..."
2. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"areas to the exclusion of everything else. A striking plant of the lowland zone
is the Mexican Poppy, Argemone mexicana, ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"Oil of the seeds of Argemone mexicana. — Orange-yellow, mild. Remains fluid at
8° (J. Lepine). ... Argemone mexicana ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Argemone mexicana L. Mexican or Prickly Poppy. Argemone mexicana i,. Sp. Pl. 508.
1753. Stem stout, i°-2° high, simple or sparingly branched, ..."
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