Definition of Psoralea

1. Noun. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.


Definition of Psoralea

1. a plant of the bean family [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psoralea

Psithyrus
Psittacidae
Psittaciformes
Psittacula
Psittacula krameri
Psittacus
Psittacus erithacus
Pskov
Psocidae
Psocoptera
Psophia
Psophia crepitans
Psophiidae
Psophocarpus
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus
Psoralea (current term)
Psoralea esculenta
Psorokóstaina
Pss.
Psyche
Psyche knot
Psyche knots
Psychodidae
Psychopsis
Psychopsis krameriana
Psychopsis papilio
Psychotria
Psychotria capensis
Psyllidae
Pt

Literary usage of Psoralea

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

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1803)
"HAZEL-LEAVED Psoralea. С/и/} and Order. ... The Psoralea corylifolia, a native of Coromandel, is an annual of ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Fig. 2497. Psoralea incana Nutt. Fraser Cat. Name only. 1813. Psoralea ... South Dakota to Kansas, Arkansas and Texas. May-June. 9. Psoralea ..."

3. The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by William Curtis (1799)
"Psoralea BRACTEATA. OVAL-SPIKED Psoralea. daß and Order. ... TRIFOLIUM fruticans. Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 3. p. 1085. Psoralea ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Psoralea collina Rydberg. Nebraska Psoralea. (Fig. 2092.) Psoralea collina Rydberg ... Prairies, South Dakota to Kansas and Texas. June-July. 9. Psoralea ..."

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