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Definition of Pogostemon

1. Noun. Genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pogostemon

Literary usage of Pogostemon

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

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"... pogostemon Patchouli, Pellet. Mountains of India. A perennial herb, famed for its powerful scent arising' from a volatile oil. P. parviflorus (Beuth. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1908)
"Furthermore, the author of the recent article quoted suggests that the pogostemon Patchouli of Pelletier, which was first described by Blanco (1837) as ..."

3. Spicilegium Neilgherrense, Or, a Selection of Neilgherry Plants: Drawn and by Robert Wight (1851)
"... when dry deeply reticu- shoots at the base, lated between the veins : spikes numerous, long, pogostemon. Calyx ovato-tubular, equal, 5-toothed, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1908)
"78), in which the author points out that the patchouli plant used in China is not the patchouli of European commerce (pogostemon Patchouli, ..."

5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"I have followed Hooker /., in considering pogostemon ... probable that the plant recorded from Luzon by F.-Villar, lc, as pogostemon parviflorus Benth., ..."

6. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1892)
"The generally accepted name, " pogostemon Patchouli," was given by Pelletier-Sautelet f. Bentham was of opinion that this plant was identical with, ..."

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