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Definition of Horsefly weed
1. Noun. Much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida.
Generic synonyms: False Indigo, Wild Indigo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horsefly Weed
Literary usage of Horsefly weed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1909)
"Baptisia Tinctoria, R. Br. (Wild indigo, indigo weed, horsefly weed, yellow broom,
rattle bush, yellow indigo, etc.), in the November number. 1908, 295-297. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Horsefly-weed. Fig. 2454. Sophora tinctoria L. Sp. Pl. 373. 1753. B. tinctoria R.
Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2, 3: 6. 1811. Glabrous, erect, succulent ..."
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