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Definition of Echium
1. Noun. A genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae.
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Borage Family, Boraginaceae, Family Boraginaceae
Member holonyms: Blue Devil, Blue Thistle, Blueweed, Echium Vulgare, Viper's Bugloss
Definition of Echium
1. Noun. (botany) Any member of the genus ''Echium'' of flowering plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Echium
Literary usage of Echium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"I. echium vulgar*. Stamina mostly longer than the corolla. Stem hispid. ...
1107, root and radical leaves. Native of Europe from Italy to Sweden. echium ..."
2. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1838)
"... as an old plant that is highly worthy of extensive cultivation. It is somewhat
singular, that of the numerous species of echium which have ..."
3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"Thin greenish oil, having a peculiar, but not disagreeable, odour : it is not
poisonous. (Buchner, Repert. 53, 299.) 5. Ferment-oil of echium ..."
4. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"echium, Viper's ... Z. echium majus Í5" offertes, flare alba. С. В. Great rough
Viper's ..."