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Definition of Onopordon
1. Noun. A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Cotton Thistle, Onopordon Acanthium, Onopordum Acanthium, Scotch Thistle, Woolly Thistle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onopordon
Literary usage of Onopordon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alpines and Bog-plants by Reginald John Farrer (1908)
"The one exception is onopordon bracteatum, who sins in the opposite direction.
For onopordon bracteatum—so beautiful that there is no need ever again to ..."
2. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"the true plant, and they usually, at their processions, stuck the heads of the
latter on the strong spines of the onopordon. Prop Balfour states that it is ..."
3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"These filaments in onopordon and Centaurea contract in response to mechanical
... The capitula of onopordon include neither movable ligulate ray-florets nor ..."
4. Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of by Pennsylvania Dept. of Internal Affairs, Dept. of Internal Affairs, Pennsylvania (1796)
"... toujours cette plante entière, c'eft que les vaches, les chèvres & les chevaux
ne la touchent pas. • , i.° Le Pet-d'âne à feuilles d'Acanthe, onopordon ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The Scotch or cotton thistle (onopordon acanthium) is a biennial occasionally
grown in America and sometimes seen wild in the Eastern States. ..."
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