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Definition of Serratula
1. Noun. Genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Sawwort, Serratula Tinctoria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serratula
Literary usage of Serratula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1817)
"Pappus plumosus s. dentatus. Specific Character and Synonyms. serratula ...
in habit and general appearance, resembles very much serratula tinctoria ..."
2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1810)
"SPEC. CHAR. Calyx clothed with foft hairs, ovate. Leaves undivided, cottony beneath.
SYN. serratula alpina. Linn. Sj>. PI. 1145. Hudf. ..."
3. Elements of the Art of Dyeing: With a Description of the Art of Bleaching by by Claude-Louis Berthollet, Amédée B. Berthollet, Andrew Ure (1824)
"THE serratula tinctoria, saw-wort, is a plant which grows abundantly in woods
and meadows. It affords, without mordants, a greenish-yellow colour, ..."
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