Definition of Serratula

1. Noun. Genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Serratula

Serpasil
Serpens
Serpens Caput
Serpens Cauda
Serpentarius
Serpentes
Serpentine
Serra
Serranidae
Serranus
Serranus subligarius
Serrasalmus
Serrate
Serratia marcescens
Serratia marcescens nuclease
Serratula (current term)
Serratula tinctoria
Serres
Serres' angle
Serres' glands
Sertoli
Sertoli's cell
Sertoli's columns
Server Side Include
Servetus
Servetus' circulation

Literary usage of Serratula

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 by John Sims (1817)
"Pappus plumosus s. dentatus. Specific Character and Synonyms. Serratula ... in habit and general appearance, resembles very much Serratula tinctoria ..."

2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1810)
"SPEC. CHAR. Calyx clothed with foft hairs, ovate. Leaves undivided, cottony beneath. SYN. Serratula alpina. Linn. Sj>. PI. 1145. Hudf. ..."

3. Elements of the Art of Dyeing: With a Description of the Art of Bleaching by by Claude-Louis Berthollet, Amédée B. Berthollet, Andrew Ure (1824)
"THE serratula tinctoria, saw-wort, is a plant which grows abundantly in woods and meadows. It affords, without mordants, a greenish-yellow colour, ..."

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