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Definition of Anemopsis californica
1. Noun. Stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Anemopsis, Genus Anemopsis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anemopsis Californica
Literary usage of Anemopsis californica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1856)
"anemopsis californica. Platanus Mexicana. Calochortus venustus. splendens.
Sisyrinchium Bermudiana. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"anemopsis californica, Yerba Mansa of the Mexicans.—The root of this plant is a
great remedy among the Indians of Arizona, and Sonora in Mexico, ..."
3. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"... T. chinensis), and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angusti/olia) with a herbaceous
understory of saltgrass, yerba mansa (anemopsis californica), ..."
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