Definition of Dracocephalum

1. Noun. Genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind family: dragonheads.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Dracocephalum

Doylean
Doyne's honeycomb choroidopathy
Dr
Dr.
Dr.DES.
Dr. J
Dr. Johnson
Dr. Seuss
Dr Jekyll
Draba verna
Drabkin's reagent
Dracaena draco
Dracaenaceae
Dracenaceae
Draco
Dracocephalum
Dracocephalum parviflorum
Draconist
Draconists
Dracula
Dracunculidae
Dracunculus lova
Dracunculus medinensis
Dracunculus oculi
Dracunculus persarum
Dracunculus vulgaris
Dragendorff's test
Dragendorff reagent
Drager respirometer
Dragon

Literary usage of Dracocephalum

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

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1820)
"( ) dracocephalum SIBIRICUM. SIBERIAN DRAGON'S-HEAD. ... dracocephalum sibiricum is a hardy perennial, with large handsome flowers, but the scent of the ..."

2. Labiatarum Genera Et Species: Or, A Description of the Genera and Species of by George Bentham (1836)
"Caulis LXIX. dracocephalum. dracocephalum. Linn. Gen. ... nor the broad bracts with subulate treth which are almost characteristic of dracocephalum. ..."

3. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"dracocephalum. Dragon's Head. dracocephalum, from Greek words signifying a dragon's head, because the flowers are fancied to resemble a dragon's head. ..."

4. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"dracocephalum peltatum. Half nat. size. Flo. 598.—Nepeta nuda, x 25. Longitudinal section of nutlet: R, radicle ; A, auricle of cotyledon; Pc, pericarp; 1, ..."

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