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Definition of Pulicaria
1. Noun. Genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Feabane Mullet, Fleabane, Pulicaria Dysenterica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pulicaria
Literary usage of Pulicaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"Pulicaria first occurs, Dioscorides, 4, 70, as a Roman name for ... all of its
names being due to a reputation for exorcising Pulicaria in Theodorus ..."
2. A Manual Flora of Madeira and the Adjacent Island of Porto Santo and the by Richard Thomas Lowe (1868)
"also my friend Mr. Newbould has occasionally found to be the case in Pulicaria
dysenterica (L.). Hence there remains no constant char, to distinguish ..."
3. Entomologia Edinensis: Or A Description and History of the Insects Found in by James Wilson, James Duncan (1834)
"... pulicaria, Marsh. Small, black, somewhat glossy : head large, angular, and
thickly punctured ..."
4. Report of the Illinois State Entomologist Concerning Operations Under the by Illinois State Entomologist (1905)
"... pulicaria Mels. This minute bronzed species seems quite partial to corn leaves,
and is in some years abundant enough in Illinois to check the growth of ..."