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Definition of Chaenactis
1. Noun. Any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers.
Definition of Chaenactis
1. Proper noun. (botany) A genus of Plantae within the daisies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaenactis
Literary usage of Chaenactis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1891)
"It differs from typical Chaenactis chiefly in the simple leaves, prominent midvein
of the pake, and scapose inflorescence. It might perhaps represent a new ..."
2. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter, Aven Nelson (1909)
"From Montana to New Mexico and westward. 2a. Chaenactis Douglasii ... Chaenactis
alpina (Gray) Jones, Proc. Cal. Acad. II. 5: 699. 1895. ..."
3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"From Greek, "mountain Chaenactis". Syn. Chaenactis, in part. Viscid low annual.
One species, California. 1461. ..."
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