Definition of Poterium

1. Noun. A genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Poterium
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family
Member holonyms: Burnet Bloodwort, Pimpernel, Poterium Sanguisorba, Salad Burnet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poterium

Potamogeton
Potamogeton americanus
Potamogeton crispus
Potamogeton gramineous
Potamogeton nodosus
Potamogetonaceae
Potamophis
Potamophis striatula
Potawatomi
Potawatomis
Potemkin village
Potemkin villages
Potentilla
Potentilla anserina
Potenza
Poterium
Poterium sanguisorba
Potiphar
Potomac
Potomac River
Potoroinae
Potorous
Potos
Potos caudivolvulus
Potos flavus
Potsdam
Pott's disease
Pottawatomie
Potter
Potterhead

Literary usage of Poterium

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

1. The Utilization of Minute Life: Being Practical Studies on Insects by Thomas Lamb Phipson (1864)
"... of the (poterium—Coccus uva-ursi—The Cochineal— Coccus cacti—(Plants on which the Cochineal lives— ..."

2. Rad (1870)
"... poterium Sanguisorba, Onobrychis sativa, Tr¡- folium agrarium i repens, Melilotus alba, Ononis spinosa, Echium vulgäre i m. dr. ..."

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