Prairie dock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns
    Parthenium integrifolium; wild quinine; American feverfew.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a coarse composite plant (Silphium terebinthaceum) with large rough leaves and yellow flowers, found in the Western prairies.

Webster 1913