Definition of Thalictrum

1. Noun. Widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue.

Exact synonyms: Genus Thalictrum
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Buttercup Family, Crowfoot Family, Family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae
Member holonyms: Meadow Rue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thalictrum

Thailand
Thailander
Thailanders
Thailandish
Thainess
Thais
Thakurgaon District
Thal procedure
Thalarctos
Thalarctos maritimus
Thales
Thales of Miletus
Thalia
Thalictrum (current term)
Thalidone
Thamar
Thames
Thames River
Thamesian
Thameside
Thamien
Thammuz
Thamnophilus
Thamnophis
Thamnophis proximus
Thamnophis sauritus
Thamnophis sirtalis
Thamud

Literary usage of Thalictrum

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

1. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1849)
"I gathered a Thalictrum there in September last, which may possibly be the one ... The inflorescence is remarkably different from that of Thalictrum minus. ..."

2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"Genus Thalictrum Thalictrum .(the classical name), a genus of about fifty species, widely distributed in the temperate and colder regions of the Northern ..."

3. The Gardeners Dictionaryby Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"CBP The narrow- eft-leav'd Meadow-rue. I J. Thalictrum minus a/drum ... С. В. P. The lead and moil (linking Meadow-rue. 17. Thalictrum ..."

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