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Definition of Hackelia
1. Noun. Stickweed; beggar's lice.
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Borage Family, Boraginaceae, Family Boraginaceae
Member holonyms: Beggar Lice, Beggar's Lice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hackelia
Literary usage of Hackelia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs by Harvard University Gray Herbarium (1917)
"... viscida (Mt. St. Pierre), Hackelia deflexa. var. americana (Mt. St. Pierre to
Mont Louis; ... Collomia linearis and Hackelia deflexa, var. americana. ..."
2. Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations: 1994 National Proceedings by Thomas D. Landis (1996)
"Fully-hardened plantlets of Hackelia venusta for introduction to a forest site.
... In vitro rooted plantlets of Hackelia venusta ready for acclimatization. ..."
3. Silviculture: From the Crane of Forestry to Ecosystem Management edited by Louise H. Foley (1998)
"... and increase species viability of showy stickseed (Hackelia venusta (Piper) St.
John), known from only a single population of less than 1000 plants. ..."
4. Proceedings: Symposium on Fire in Wilderness and Park Management edited by James K. Brown, Robert W. Mutch, Charles W. Spoon, Ronald H. Wakimoto (1996)
"Fire may even create a suitable seedbed. In the terminology of Rowe (1983) this
plant is an "endurer." Hackelia gracilenta is a biennial of shorter stature ..."
5. The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution by New York (State)., Charles Zebina Lincoln, William H. Johnson, Ansel Judd Northrup (1894)
"The said Charles Moore and Hackelia Brown the sum of three Pounds ten shillings.
The said Edward Stephenson and John Thomas Junior the Sum of Ten Pounds. ..."
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