grindelia

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Etymology[edit]

From the genus name.

Noun[edit]

grindelia (countable and uncountable, plural grindelias)

  1. (medicine) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.
  2. A member of the genus Grindelia.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for grindelia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from translingual Grindelia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡrinˈdɛ.lja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlja
  • Hyphenation: grin‧dè‧lia

Noun[edit]

grindelia f (plural grindelie)

  1. grindelia (plant of the genus Grindelia)

Further reading[edit]

  • grindelia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana