Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Grindelia.
- noun In pharm., an official drug which consists of the leaves and flowering tops of Grindelia robusta and G. squarrosa.
- noun A genus of asteroid composites, coarse herbs or sometimes shrubby, with rather large radiate terminal heads of yellow flowers, and with the foliage usually covered with a viscid balsamic secretion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America
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Examples
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Other plants include giant helleborine orchid Epipactis gigantea, button cactus Epithelantha micromeris, Guadalupe jewelflower Streptanthus sparsiflorus, Havard's gumweed Grindelia havardii and resurrection plant Selaginella pilifera.
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Flowering phenology and outcrossing in tetraploid Grindelia camporum Greene.
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Several species of Grindelia occur along the North American Pacific Coast in estuaries or salt marsh habitats.
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Grindelia camporum is a 0. 5-1.5 m resinous perennial shrub.
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Grindelia resins have properties similar to the terpenoids in wood and gum rosins, which are used commercially in adhesives, varnishes, paper sizings, printing inks, soaps, and numerous other industrial applications
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With increasing costs and declining supplies of these wood-based materials, substitutions with Grindelia resins in this market (700,000 tons per year) may become practical.
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Grindelia resins have properties similar wood rosins, which are used in a wide variety of industrial applications.
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Diterpene acids from Pinus (a, b) and Grindelia (c, d) are remarkably similar.
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Grindelia camporum: potential cash crop for the arid southwest.
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The potential for the commercial utilization of resins from Grindelia camporum.
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