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Definition of Onopordum acanthium
1. Noun. Biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America.
Generic synonyms: Thistle
Group relationships: Genus Onopordon, Genus Onopordum, Onopordon, Onopordum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onopordum Acanthium
Literary usage of Onopordum acanthium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"... Silybum Marianum, onopordum acanthium, and Lappa major (burdock), — all plants
introduced from Europe ; also on Senecio cineraria, belonging to another ..."
2. 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, ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"The expressed juice has been recommended as a cure for cancer, applied externally.
onopordum acanthium ..."
4. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller (1883)
"onopordum acanthium, L.—In each floret the honey rises in the tube, which is 10
to 12 mm. long, up to the cylindrical somewhat swollen throat, ..."