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Definition of Astrantia major
1. Noun. European herb with aromatic roots and leaves in a basal tuft and showy compound umbels of white to rosy flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astrantia Major
Literary usage of Astrantia major
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"astrantia major. astrantia major shows similar features (Fig. 261). If we pass
upwards from the region of the stalked foliage-leaves we observe that the ..."
2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1836)
"From Hovey &, Co., astrantia major, ... astrantia major, double white and scarlet
lychnis, seedling pii.ks, &.c. From Messrs. Win-hip, Dt l].li!ni- um ..."
3. Once a Week by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1867)
"From the Castle let us scramble j up through Stoke Wood, which covers the side
of the opposite hill, where we shall find the rare astrantia major. ..."
4. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1845)
"... Rosa cinnamomea, Rubus saxatilis, astrantia major, Chaerophyllum bulbosum,
Crepis pra^morsa and alpestris, Lactuca perennis, Centaurea paniculata, ..."
5. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"They are easily astrantia major. established in woodland walks where the growth
of weeds is not too rank. ..."
6. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"I am not aware that we have a native species in this group, yet I believe that
astrantia major ia considered by some to be naturalised in our climate. ..."
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