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Definition of Serratula tinctoria
1. Noun. European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye.
Group relationships: Genus Serratula, Serratula
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serratula Tinctoria
Literary usage of Serratula tinctoria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1850)
"Note on serratula tinctoria, Alsine stricta, and a Species of Woodsia. By DANIEL
OLIVER, JUN., Esq. serratula tinctoria. Botanizing in Teesdale a while ago, ..."
2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1890)
"Some of the small specimens—exceedingly glossy and beautiful in colour and
markings—were reared from seed-heads of serratula tinctoria by Mr. Fletcher ..."
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, ..."
4. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1817)
"... in habit and general appearance, resembles very much SERRATULA tinctoria ;
but is of considerably ..."
5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1864)
"... Caltha palustris, Genista tinctoria, Matricaria Chamo- milla, Serratula
tinctoria, Solidago canadensis, Boletus hirsutus, and many species of lichen. ..."
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