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Definition of Comptonia peregrina
1. Noun. Deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers.
Group relationships: Comptonia, Genus Comptonia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comptonia Peregrina
Literary usage of Comptonia peregrina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"Basal leaf-lobes of Comptonia peregrina (Linn.) Coulter. Fios. 8-12.— Stipules
of Comptonia peregrina (Linn.) Coulter. ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1912)
"Sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina), leaves, male and female catkins. Collection,
prices, and uses.—The entire plant is used, but especially the leaves and ..."
3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"The next observations on the rust in the field were made July 5, when Dr.
Thorn found Comptonia peregrina, growing "all around the bases "of the affected ..."
4. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1893)
"Change "cornuti Du Roi" to rostrata Ait. " Change name to Comptonia peregrina (L.)
Coulter. ..."
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