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Definition of Onopordum
1. Noun. A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers.
Exact synonyms: Genus Onopordon, Genus Onopordum, Onopordon
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Cotton Thistle, Onopordon Acanthium, Onopordum Acanthium, Scotch Thistle, Woolly Thistle
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Cotton Thistle, Onopordon Acanthium, Onopordum Acanthium, Scotch Thistle, Woolly Thistle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onopordum
Literary usage of Onopordum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Classical Museum by Leonhard Schmitz (1846)
"18) is supposed to be onopordum Acanthium, figured in Eng. Botany, tab. 977, and
Curtis's Flora Londinensis, tab. 57; or, as Sibthorp conjectures, onopordum ..."
2. The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the Popular Names and Uses of the by George Johnston, George Tate (1853)
"The plant carried in the processions of Freemasons is the onopordum ...
The preference the onopordum has thus obtained is solely from its size and erect ..."
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