Definition of Liatris

1. Noun. Genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Liatris

Lhermitte's sign
Lhermitte sign
Lhotse
Li
Li-Fraumeni cancer syndrome
Li-Fraumeni syndrome
LiBeB process
Li Po
Liakoura
Liam
Liam O'Flaherty
Liana
Liao
Liao dynasty
Liaoning
Liatris (current term)
Liatris punctata
Liatris pycnostachya
Lib
Lib.
Lib Dem
Libby
Liberal
Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrats
Liberal Party
Liberase
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Liberdade
Liberec

Literary usage of Liatris

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)
"Want to try it. How do you give it?" He could not get it. "Get me some," was his order. "There is the article, be sure to get the right thing, Liatris! ..."

2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Liatris. Florets all tubular, long, with free slender extremities, ... Principal species : Liatris pycnostachya (1732), with pale purple heads in dense ..."

3. Journal of Materia Medica (1869)
"Liatris. BV IJM GOSS, AM, MD There are several species of this plant, and many medicinal properties have been ascribed to them, as diuretic, astringent, ..."

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