Coronilla: alternatives and connections

A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually fo…

A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spik…

A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular…

A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated f…

Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of pl…

A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united i…

Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.

A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositae. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a y…

A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dan…

Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t., 2.

To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.

A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or s…

A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the…

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher…

A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis, the com…

A tall weed with purplish flowers (Vernonia Noveboracensis). The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus.

Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.