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Definition of Genus Hydrastis
1. Noun. Small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Buttercup Family, Crowfoot Family, Family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae
Member holonyms: Golden Seal, Goldenseal, Hydrastis Canadensis, Turmeric Root, Yellow Root
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hydrastis
Literary usage of Genus Hydrastis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall by William Darlington, Peter Collinson (1849)
"Pray look out and send me a plant or two; for it seems a new genus [Hydrastis
Canadensis, L.]. * We are all much entertained with thy draught of thy house ..."
2. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"... belonging to the genus Hydrastis cana,- densis, common in many parts, and
known as puccoon, or yellow root. It is used to a considerable extent in ..."
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