Definition of Actaea

1. Noun. Baneberry.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Actaea

Acroclinium
Acroclinium roseum
Acrocomia
Acrocomia aculeata
Acrocomia vinifera
Acropolis
Acropolitan
Acropora
Acrostichum
Acrostichum aureum
Acroá
Act.
Act of God
Act of Parliament
Act of Parliament clock
Actaea (current term)
Actaea alba
Actaea rubra
Acteon
Actias
Actias luna
Actifed
Actiniaria
Actinidia
Actinidia arguta
Actinidia chinensis
Actinidia deliciosa
Actinidia polygama
Actinidiaceae
Actiniopteris

Literary usage of Actaea

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) (1916)
"We may now examine briefly the whole genus Actaea as it stands at present. ... Actaea spicata var. alba L. Sp. PL 504. 1753. Actaea alba Mill. Card. ..."

2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1873)
"She suffers from some headache after the actaea. Pulse, 84, regular. ... The actaea was administered in the form of the tincture, the dose being 5ss. three ..."

3. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Mohr (1901)
"Actaea racemosa L. Sp. PI. 1:504. 1763. Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Southern Ontario, southwestern New England, west to Wisconsin, south along the ..."

4. A handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1876)
"Chorea, it is said, whether rheumatic or otherwise, yields to actaea. I have put this statement to the test of experience, and found that actaea fails ..."

5. The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes: Being by John Stanley Gardiner (1903)
"Genus Actaea de Haan, 1833. 32. Actaea tomentosa (HM-Edw.), 1834. ... Diagnosis: "An Actaea with the carapace broad (length : breadth = about 7 : 10) and ..."

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