Lexic.us

Definition of Sisyrinchium

1. Noun. Chiefly North American grasslike herbs.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sisyrinchium

Literary usage of Sisyrinchium

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

1. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anschutz (1917)
"The plant referred to, the roots of which are used in the treatment of snake bites, or a tincture made from the roots, is the sisyrinchium of the 7ns family ..."

2. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anschutz (1917)
"The plant referred to, the roots of which are used in the treatment of snake bites, or a tincture made from the roots, is the sisyrinchium of the Iris ..."

3. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"sisyrinchium L. BLUE-EYED GRASS Stems simple or branched, usually geniculate and winged, ... sisyrinchium angustifolium Miller, Diet. Ed. 7. 1759. ..."

4. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1868)
"... and a greenish-grey biennial, perhaps perennial stem, the branches slender, erect and hairy. Proc. fig. 29. sisyrinchium, (L.) Nat. ..."

5. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies by Edward Pollock Anshutz (1900)
"All the symptoms seem to be aggravated by work or excitement and ameliorated by sleep. j* j* j* sisyrinchium. NAT. ORD., Iridaceae. ..."

6. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Sand blue-eyed-grass Herbaceous perennial Dry, open, sandy soil. Believed to be extirpated, last collected in the 1930's. sisyrinchium arenicola ..."

7. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous & Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"sisyrinchium.—This is a small genus of hardy and half- hardy herbaceous plants from both North and South America. They are very pretty border ornaments, ..."

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