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Definition of Sisymbrium officinale
1. Noun. Stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally.
Group relationships: Genus Sisymbrium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sisymbrium Officinale
Literary usage of Sisymbrium officinale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Sisymbrium officinale Scop., S. Sophia L., and other species of this genus, known
as hedge mustard and by other names, are common weeds in both Europe and ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Sisymbrium officinale Scop. Fl. Carn. Ed. 2, 2: 26. 1772. Erect, more or less
pubescent, or glabrous, 1°- 3° high, with rigid spreading branches. ..."
3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. var. officinale Hedge mustard Herbaceous annual
Gardens, fields and waste ground. Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. var. ..."
4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. var. officinale Hedge mustard Herbaceous annual
Gardens, fields and waste ground. Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop. var. ..."
5. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"The entire and emarginate state is shown in the figure of Sisymbrium officinale (fig.
168). The second type of emarginate cotyledons occurs among the ..."
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