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Definition of Eryngium yuccifolium
1. Noun. Coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite.
Generic synonyms: Perennial
Group relationships: Eryngium, Genus Eryngium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eryngium Yuccifolium
Literary usage of Eryngium yuccifolium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1901)
"Eryngium yuccifolium, Michx. This name should take the place of E, aquaticum, L.
which has proved, through recent investigations, to be E. virginianum, Lam. ..."
2. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia by Stephen Elliott (1821)
"A decoction is prepared of it and the root of the Eryngium yuccifolium in the
proportion of three-fourths of the former to one-fourth of the latter, ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"509, visitors are credited to several species as follows: Zizia aurea, 131;
Eryngium yuccifolium, 147; ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1890)
"... wild indigo (Baptisia leucantha), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium),
wormwood (Artemisia serrata), the mountain mints (Pycnanthemum), ..."
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