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Definition of Psoralea
1. Noun. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Breadroot, Indian Breadroot, Pomme Blanche, Pomme De Prairie, Psoralea Esculenta
Definition of Psoralea
1. a plant of the bean family [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Psoralea
Literary usage of Psoralea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1803)
"HAZEL-LEAVED Psoralea. С/и/} and Order. ... The Psoralea corylifolia, a native
of Coromandel, is an annual of ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Fig. 2497. Psoralea incana Nutt. Fraser Cat. Name only. 1813. Psoralea ...
South Dakota to Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. May-June. 9. Psoralea ..."
3. The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by William Curtis (1799)
"Psoralea BRACTEATA. OVAL-SPIKED Psoralea. daß and Order. ... TRIFOLIUM fruticans.
Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 3. p. 1085. Psoralea ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Psoralea collina Rydberg. Nebraska Psoralea. (Fig. 2092.) Psoralea collina Rydberg
... Prairies, South Dakota to Kansas and Texas. June-July. 9. Psoralea ..."
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