Definition of Eriophyllum

1. Noun. Genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of western North America.

Exact synonyms: Genus Eriophyllum
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Woolly Sunflower

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eriophyllum

Erinaceidae
Erinaceus
Erinaceus europaeus
Erinaceus europeaeus
Erinyes
Erinys
Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya japonica
Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulon
Eriocaulon aquaticum
Eriodictyon californicum
Eriogonum allenii
Eriophorum
Eriophorum angustifolium
Eriophyllum (current term)
Eriophyllum lanatum
Eriophyllum wallacei
Eriosoma
Eriosoma lanigerum
Eris
Erithacus
Erithacus rubecola
Erithacus svecicus
Eritrea
Eritrean
Eritreans
Erivan
Erlang
Erle Stanley Gardner

Literary usage of Eriophyllum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"Eriophyllum. Bracts of the involucre in 1 or 2 series and more or less united; ligules broad. 6. ..."

2. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1891)
"Eriophyllum CONFERTIFLORUM (DC. v, 657). Cliffs of the bay shore at South San Francisco, flowering nearly the whole year. 260. ..."

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