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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hieracium

genus Hesperis
genus Heteranthera
genus Heterocephalus
genus Heterodon
genus Heteromeles
genus Heteroscelus
genus Heterotheca
genus Heuchera
genus Hevea
genus Hexagrammos
genus Hexalectris
genus Hexamita
genus Hexanchus
genus Hibbertia
genus Hibiscus
genus Hieracium
genus Himantoglossum
genus Himantopus
genus Hippeastrum
genus Hippobosca
genus Hippocampus
genus Hippocrepis
genus Hippodamia
genus Hippoglossoides
genus Hippoglossus
genus Hippopotamus
genus Hipposideros
genus Hippotragus
genus Hipsurus
genus Hirudo

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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