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Definition of Genus Hieracium
1. Noun. Large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Hawkweed, Hieracium Praealtum, King Devil, Yellow Hawkweed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hieracium
Literary usage of Genus Hieracium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"genus Hieracium (Hawkweed). H. Scabrum (Rough Hina- cium). Medical properties:
Bitter, tonic, astringent. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1825)
"press in some of the less important species, would have left space sufficient
for more valuable matter: for instance, under the genus Hieracium, Hawkweed, ..."
3. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1905)
"Several continental workers have already studied the genus Hieracium in the light
of such phenomena, and their investigations have been rewarded with ..."
4. An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are by David Booth (1836)
"The Botanical genus HIERACIUM, HAWKWEED, which we have elsewhere noticed, received
its name (Greek hierax, a hawk) from the fanciful tale that hawks ..."
5. Darwin, and After Darwin by George John Romanes (1906)
"In their elaborate work on the many species of the genus Hieracium, Nageli and
Peter are led to the general conclusion that the best defined species are ..."
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