Definition of Onosmodium

1. Noun. A genus of North American perennial herbs of the family Boraginaceae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Onosmodium
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Borage Family, Boraginaceae, Family Boraginaceae
Member holonyms: False Gromwell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Onosmodium

Onobrychis viciifolia
Onoclea
Onoclea sensibilis
Onoclea struthiopteris
Onodi
Onodi cell
Onondaga
Onondagas
Ononis
Ononis repens
Ononis spinosa
Onopordon
Onopordon acanthium
Onopordum
Onopordum acanthium
Onosmodium (current term)
Onsager
Ont
Ont.
Ontarian
Ontarians
Ontario
Onuf's nucleus
Onufrowicz
Onuphrius
Onychium
Onychogalea
Onychomys
Oom Paul Kruger
Oompa Loompa

Literary usage of Onosmodium

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

1. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"July, Aug. 7]..—'Differs from the former in its soft white pubescence, and in the broader segments of its corolla. Soft Onosmodium, 4. SYMPHYTUM. Linn. ..."

2. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anschutz (1917)
"We have in Onosmodium a remedy with some peculiarities, and occupying a sphere unique, a curative range differing from that of every other drug. ..."

3. Characteristics of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica by Melford Eugene Douglass (1900)
"Onosmodium. Gravel weed. Wild Job's tears. Tincture from the root and seeds. Mind. — Extreme drowsiness of mind and confusion of thought. ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Onosmodium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 132. 1803. Perennial stout hispid or hirsute ... Ascends to 2200 ft. in Virginia. May-July. 2. Onosmodium ..."

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