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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Aristolochiaceae — plants in the birthwort.

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Examples

  • _Nardus_, was likewise called Asarum by the Romans, because not used in garlands or chaplets.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Tertiary relicts include: Asarum europaeum, Stachys sylvatica, Dryopteris filix mas, and Festuca gigantea.

    Sayan montane conifer forests 2007

  • Understory vegetation includes economically important, and in some cases much depleted, species such as ginseng (Panax ginseng), Manchurian wild ginger (Asarum heterotropoides), and Gastrodia spp. which is used as an analgesic.

    Changbai Mountains mixed forests 2007

  • One family, the _Aristolochiaceæ_, represented by the curious "Dutchman's pipe" (_Aristolochia sipho_), a woody twiner with very large leaves, and the common wild ginger (_Asarum_) (Fig.  126), do not appear to be in any wise parasitic, but the structure of their curious flowers differs widely from any other group of plants.

    Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell

  • _Canada snake root oil_, from the root of Asarum canadense.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • Here we saw a few leaves of aoi 2 [Asarum caulescens].

    Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920

  • For a different and durable ground cover, try Asarum canadense, commonly known as B.C. ginger.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010

  • For a different and durable ground cover, try Asarum canadense, commonly known as B.C. ginger.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Erle Nickel 2010

  • Deadnettle (Lamium), ginger (Asarum), coral bells, and foam flower (Tiarella) are just a few to consider.

    unknown title 2009

  • Deadnettle (Lamium), ginger (Asarum), coral bells, and foam flower (Tiarella) are just a few to consider.

    unknown title 2009

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