Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to or having the characters of the Cichoriaceæ. Also written
chicoriaceous .
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Oil-beetle, which lies in ambush on a cichoriaceous blossom in order to slip into the fleece of a harvesting Bee; nor with the black atom of the Sitaris, which swarms in a heap on the spot where it is hatched, at the Anthophora's door.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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