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Definition of Tephrosia virginiana
1. Noun. Perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tephrosia Virginiana
Literary usage of Tephrosia virginiana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illinois as it is: Its History, Geography, Statistics, Constitution, Laws by Frederick Gerhard (1857)
"... Helianthus, &c., Tephrosia virginiana, Pers., with numerous great pink and
yellow-coloured blos- Boms; the violet Psoralea floribunda, Nutt., and Psor. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Tephrosia virginiana Pers. Syn. 2: 329. 1807. Erect or ascending, more or less
villous or silky- pubescent with whitish hairs, 1°-2° high. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Tephrosia virginiana Pers. Syn. 1: 329. 1807. Erect or ascending, more or less
villous or silky-pubescent with whitish hairs, i°-2° high. ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Tephrosia virginiana Pers. Syn. 2: 329. 1807. Erect or ascending, more or less
villous or silky-pubescent with whitish hairs, i°-2° high. ..."
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