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Definition of Melampodium
1. Noun. Herbs and subshrubs of warm North America.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Blackfoot Daisy, Melampodium Leucanthum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Melampodium
Literary usage of Melampodium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Melampodium leucanthum T. & G. FI. NA a : 271. 1842. Perennial, woody at the
base, branched, canes- cent, 4'-! 2' high, the branches slender. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"(AP de Candolle, 1836), < Melampodium + -e(B.~] A subtribe of ... [< Melampodium^]
Resembling or belonging to the genus Melampodium. ..."
3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1813)
"3. p. 2336. Nat. of Africa. James Bruce, Esq. Introd. 177*. Fl. April and May.
S. <?. Melampodium. Gen. pi. 1338. Recept. pale*ceum, conicum. ..."
4. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"Melampodium the Plant.—Anciently this herb had the name Hellebore, expressive of
its deleterious qualities on being inordinately employed. ..."
5. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"It continued for many ages after that event to be recognized as the Melampodium ;t
but, for reasons which satisfied Linnaeus, the term now distinguishes a ..."
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