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Definition of Taraxacum
1. Noun. An asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Blowball, Dandelion
Definition of Taraxacum
1. Noun. (medicine) The dried root of the dandelion once used as a tonic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Taraxacum
1. The dried rhizome and root of Taraxacum officinale (family Compositae), the dandelion, a wild plant of wide distribution throughout the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere; a tonic and hepatic stimulant. Origin: Mod. L. Fr. Ar. Tarakshagun, wild chicory (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taraxacum
Literary usage of Taraxacum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1896)
"The embryo-sac of taraxacum. Now that morphological attention among angiosperms,
... The author discovers that taraxacum often has two ovules in the ovary, ..."
2. A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1906)
"Genera : 1. taraxacum. 2. Lactuca. taraxacum. taraxacum. taraxacum ... The dried
root, collected in * taraxacum taraxacum, ..."
3. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"Extractum taraxaci — extract of taraxacum ; extractum taraxaci flu- idum—fluid
extract of taraxacum ... taraxacum is slightly tonic, diuretic, and aperient. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1894)
"FURTHER NOTES ON taraxacum ROOT. BY 1.. E. SAYRE. ... (3) When a concentrated
aqueous solution of taraxacum is treated with an excess of alcohol, ..."
5. A Manual of organic materia medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1892)
"... taraxacum.—DANDELION. Origin. ... The milk-juice contains the crystalline
bitter Transverse section uf taraxacum root. principle ..."
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