Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of umbelliferous plants of the tribe Seselineæ and subtribe Cachrydeæ.
- noun [lowercase] A plant of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Bot.) A genus of umbelliferous plants, one species of which (
Prangos pabularia ), found in Tibet, Cashmere, Afghanistan, etc., has been used as fodder for cattle. It has decompound leaves with very long narrow divisions, and a highly fragrant smell resembling that of new clover hay.
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Examples
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The tall umbellates - Prangos pubularia, Ferula tenuisecta appear higher in loess foothills.
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Other group of plants that dominates in the high mountains (2,200-2,700 m) are umbellifers belonging to Ferula, Prangos and other genera.
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When the farmer suspects, by the scanty appearance of the plants above the water in which the grain has been sown, and by the presence of the snail drawn up in the mud, that his hopes of a crop are likely to be disappointed, he repeats the sowing, throwing into the water some fresh leaves of the Prangos plant, which either poison the snails or cause them to descend out of the reach of its influence.
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