‖ Thaˈlictrum Bot.
[L. thalictrum (Pliny), a. Gr. θάλικτρον.]
A genus of perennial herbs (N.O. Ranunculaceæ), bearing panicles, corymbs, or racemes of green, white, or yellow flowers, without petals or involucre. There are several species, of which three are British, T. flavum being the Common Meadow Rue; T. aquilegifolium is an Alpine species, known as the Feather Columbine.
| 1664 Evelyn Kal. Hort., May (1729) 205 Flowers in Prime,..Prunella, purple Thalictrum. 1741 Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. (ed. 3) 373 Featherfew, Thalictrums of several kinds. 1883 Century Mag. Oct. 819/1, I saw the dainty thalictrum, with its clover-like leaves, standing in thickets there, fresh and green. |