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Definition of Parthenium argentatum

1. Noun. Much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parthenium Argentatum

Literary usage of Parthenium argentatum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1916)
"FE Lloyd referred to the writer for study and description a Parthenium which he believed should be segregated from parthenium argentatum, the rubber-plant ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"A brief summary of the more important results of a study of the guayule, Parthenium argentatum Gray, under irrigation at Cedros, Mexico, for a period of two ..."

3. Latin-American Year Book for Investors and Merchants for 1918- (1919)
"The parthenium argentatum Gray, is the only present rubber producer found among the plants of this family. It is a woody shrub of spreading habit, ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"... parthenium argentatum) used as a source of caoutchouc, is the subject of an article by Endlich in Der Tropen- ..."

5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"parthenium argentatum yields 10%. The article шия be regarded as the theoretical ideas of a biologist, rather than the practical consideration of a rubber ..."

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