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See Parorchidium.
(From
aurum, and
a flower). Called also bellis lutea foliis pro-funde incisis major; chrysanthemum segetum Lin. Sp. Pi. 1254; corn marigold. It is an annual plant, frequently met with amongst corn. The Germans commend it in the jaundice; but it is not employed in practice with us.
It is likewise a name for the garden marigold, and many other herbs, whose flowers are of a bright yellow colour. See Calendula.
Chrysanthemum bidens. See Acmella.
Chrysanthemum cotulae folio. See Buphthalmum Verum.
Chrysanthemum Indicum. See Battatas Canadensis.
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. See Bellis major. It is also the name for several species of sun-jloiver, cotu/a, and the common ox eye.
An epithet of a sort of pas-sum, recommended by P. AEgineta to be drunk with the seed of atriplex for the jaundice.
The name of a yellow plaster in P. AEgineta for fresh wounds; from
gold.
(From
gold, and
a rod, or staff, so named from the yellow colour of its stem). See Virga aurea.
Or Chrysitis Spodos, (from
aurum). See Lithargyrum.
(From
and
a nut, on account of its colour). See Nux moschata.
See Chamaemelum.
Ceraunius, (from
gold, and
thunder). See Aurum fulminans.
(From
and
brass). See AEsecavum.
(From
gold, and
glue, or solder). See Tincal and Borax.
(From
gold, and
hair, from its resembling golden hair). See Elichry-sum.
(From
and
a knot).
Red turnip.
(From
and
the olus; so called from its leaf and root being yellow like the olus). See Atriplex.
 
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