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Definition of Petasites vulgaris

1. Noun. Small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petasites Vulgaris

Literary usage of Petasites vulgaris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Petasites vulgaris, Desf.—Line., from the likeness of its leaves to rhubarb, ... Petasites vulgaris, Desf.—Line. The children use the hollow stalks as horns ..."

2. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany. edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1848)
"Petasites vulgaris first in flower. March 9. Draba verna in flower. In 1848 it was so late as the 25th of ... Petasites vulgaris in full flower. March 15. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1879)
"Petasites vulgaris, Desf. (^Tussilago petasites, Linn.) Common name. Butter-bur. Preparation, Tincture of the whole plant. ..."

4. The Flora of Berkshire: Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the by George Claridge Druce (1897)
"Petasites vulgaris, with Uredo petasites, Grev., on it about Oxford, Mr. Baxter's MSS. 1830. 1. Isis. Wytham. Appleton. Buscot. 2. ..."

5. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1867)
"... of a herbarium collected by me at Aberdeen, in boyhood and early youth, a specimen labelled " Petasites vulgaris, found near Woodhill, 15th April, ..."

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