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Definition of Blite
1. n. A genus of herbs (Blitum>) with a fleshy calyx. Blitum capitatum is the strawberry blite.
Definition of Blite
1. an annual herb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Blite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Blite
Literary usage of Blite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1880)
"(COAST blite.) Stem angled, much branched; leaves thickish, ... L. (STRAWBERRY
blite.) Stem ascending, branching; leaves triangular and somewhat ..."
2. A Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia: Being a Treatise on Pharmacology in by Samuel Frederick Gray (1821)
"GREAT WHITE blite. Blitum album. Amaranthus vi- ridis. Leaves used as a potherb,
... RED blite. Blitum rubrum. Amaranthus viridis. A variety of the former. ..."
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