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Definition of Erigeron
1. Noun. Cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Fleabane
Definition of Erigeron
1. an herb [n -S] - See also: herb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erigeron
Literary usage of Erigeron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Companion to the Botanical Magazine: Being a Journal, Containing Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1836)
"We may here observe that erigeron filiformis, Spr., seems to be Neja ... The habit
is that of erigeron, but the characters belong rather to Aster. 1015. ..."
2. Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the by Azor Thurston (1922)
"erigeron is a common weed indigenous to America. CONSTANTS. Specific gravity at
25° C 0.845 to 0.865 Refractive index at 20° C 1.4903 Optical rotation in ..."
3. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1856)
"erigeron Canadense. Canada flea- bane. An indigenous plant, said to possess
diuretic, tonic, and astringent properties.] [erigeron (fa, the spring; ..."
4. Materia Medica: For the Use of Students by John Barclay Biddle (1874)
"Canada erigeron, which is found in the Northern and Middle States, has an agreeable
odour, ... The oil of Canada erigeron possesses haemostatic properties, ..."
5. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Sowerby, James Edward Smith, George Shaw (1809)
"erigeron canadense. Linn* Sp. PL 1210. Sm. Fl. Brit. 876. Huds. 363. ... We have
not met with this erigeron near London, as indicated by Ray and Hudson. ..."
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