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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
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
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. ..."