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Alexander's-foot

Alexander's-foot is the alternative form of Alexander's foot.

Meaning of Alexander's foot

Noun

Alexander's foot

  1. (archaic, botanical) A type of flower or medicinal plant.
    • There is alfo another Sort of Pellitory, which the French call Alexander's Foot, and which is the tufted Pellitory: This is a little Root half a Foot long, of brownish grey […] The Plant which it bears is call’d Pyrethrum Umbelliferum, and by the French, Alexander's Foot. It grows a Foot high1748, Pomet, Pierre, 1658-1699; Tournefort, Joseph Pitton de, 1656-1708; Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715; Hill, John, 1714?-1775; Birt, Samuel, -1755; Parker, William, -approximately 1748 or 1749; Hitch...
    1. (archaic, botanical) A pellitory.
    2. (archaic, botanical) A pyrethrum herb.

Questions about Alexander's-foot

What is Alexander's-foot the alternative form of?
Alexander's-foot is the alternative form of Alexander's foot.

Words near Alexander's-foot in the dictionary

  1. Alexander's bands
  2. Alexander's dark band
  3. Alexander's dark bands
  4. Alexander's disease
  5. Alexander's foot
  6. Alexander's-foot
  7. Alexander-Conway polynomial
  8. Alexander-Conway polynomials
  9. alexanders
  10. Alexanderson alternator
  11. Alexanderson alternators

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