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Definition of Prairie dock
1. Noun. Stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns.
Group relationships: Genus Parthenium, Parthenium
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prairie Dock
Literary usage of Prairie dock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"prairie dock OR BURDOCK. RESIN PLANT. ... there is a rather good chance that it
may be the prairie dock, although the perplexities arising among the ..."
2. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"These include prairie dock, compass plant, asters, golden- rods, rattlesnake
master, big bluestem grass, and Indiangrass. You will probably need to support ..."
3. The Centennial History of Illinois by Illinois Centennial Commission, Clarence Walworth Alvord (1920)
"... such as prairie dock, cup plant, and compass plant, a number of gaudy sunflowers,
several species of oxeye, and large purple patches of ironweed, ..."
4. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1911)
"... even in spring in the occurrence of such plants as the shooting star, downy
phlox, orange puccoon, Indian plantain, tall phlox and prairie dock. ..."
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