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Definition of Bidens
1. Noun. Bur marigolds.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Beggar's-ticks, Beggar-ticks, Bur Marigold, Burr Marigold, Sticktight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bidens
Literary usage of Bidens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"260; Bidens marginata Greene, loc. cit. 262. In 1901, GREENE (loc. cit.)
described a number of new species of Bidens. On examination of his types (mostly in ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists (1869)
"Bidens FRONDOSA.—The common Beggar-ticks are classified by the standard botanical
... Bidens FRONDOSA. —The earliest heads of flowers of Bidens frondosa are ..."
3. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1810)
"Bidens cernua. Nodding Bur Mary gold. ... Bidens cernua. Linn. ... The Bidens
minima of Linnaeus and others is only a ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The genus Harpagus of Vigors, and the Bidens of Spix, have the bill and tarsi of
... 7 : it is the Bidens albiventer of Spix ; and B. rufiventer of Spix, t. ..."
5. Pittonia by Edward Lee Greene (1901)
"Sketch of the History of Bidens CERNUA, Linn. This is, typically at least, an
Old World species; but it is commonly credited with a very extensive ..."
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