Definition of Genus Hydrastis

1. Noun. Small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hydrastis

genus Hudsonia
genus Hugueninia
genus Hulsea
genus Humulus
genus Hunnemania
genus Hyacinthoides
genus Hyacinthus
genus Hyaena
genus Hyalophora
genus Hybanthus
genus Hydnocarpus
genus Hydnum
genus Hydra
genus Hydrangea
genus Hydrastis (current term)
genus Hydrilla
genus Hydrobates
genus Hydrocharis
genus Hydrochoerus
genus Hydrodamalis
genus Hydromantes
genus Hydromys
genus Hydrophyllum
genus Hyemoschus
genus Hygrocybe
genus Hygrophorus
genus Hygrotrama
genus Hyla
genus Hylactophryne

Literary usage of Genus Hydrastis

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

1. Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall by William Darlington, Peter Collinson (1849)
"Pray look out and send me a plant or two; for it seems a new genus [Hydrastis Canadensis, L.]. * We are all much entertained with thy draught of thy house ..."

2. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"... belonging to the genus Hydrastis cana,- densis, common in many parts, and known as puccoon, or yellow root. It is used to a considerable extent in ..."

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