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Definition of Tragopogon
1. Noun. Genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Oyster Plant, Salsify, Tragopogon Porrifolius, Vegetable Oyster, Goatsbeard, Meadow Salsify, Shepherd's Clock, Tragopogon Pratensis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tragopogon
Literary usage of Tragopogon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"Tragopogon PRATENSIS X PORRIFOLIUS BY EARL E. SHERFF So far as the writer can
find, the presence in the United States of hybrids between our two well-known ..."
2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"many kindred species of Tragopogon and Scorzonera which he must have seen but
does not otherwise mention. That he should view them as one * was wholly ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Type species: Tragopogon pratensis LT pratensis. ... Tragopogon pratensis L. Sp.
Pl. 789. 1753. Stem branched, 1i°-3° high. Leaves keeled, tapering from the ..."
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