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Definition of Astrantia
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Astrantia.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Astrantia
Specialized synonyms: Astrantia Major, Greater Masterwort
Definition of Astrantia
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Astrantia'' of herbaceous plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astrantia
Literary usage of Astrantia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"Astrantia major. Astrantia major shows similar features (Fig. 261). If we pass
upwards from the region of the stalked foliage-leaves we observe that the ..."
2. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"There are other genera that furnish species with striking or handsome foliage,
but I am not aware of any besides Astrantia and Eryngium that can be said to ..."
3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1813)
"Astrantia MAXIMA. HELLEBORE LEAVED MASTER-WORT. Oafs and Order. ... Astrantia
orientalis latifolia, floribus et coma ..."
4. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Charles Darwin (1883)
"In regard to the distribution of the sexes, the condition in Astrantia minor ...
that in Astrantia minor no plants occur bearing only hermaphrodite flowers. ..."
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