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catananche Bot.|kætəˈnæŋkiː|
[mod.L. (Linnæus 1735), f. L. catanancē plant used in love potions, Gr. κατανάγκη, f. κατά down + ἀνάγκη compulsion.]
The name of a genus (Catananche) of herbs of the family Compositæ with blue or yellow flowers; a plant of this genus.
1798tr. J. F. Gmelin's Linnæus' Syst. Nat. XIV. 291 Compositae... The genera are..Catananche, Candia lion's-foot. 1836Loudon Encycl. Plants 678 Catananche... The modern genus, which contains two or three species of ornamental border annuals, can have no reference to that of the ancients. 1868S. Hereman Paxton's Bot. Dict. 116/2 Catananche..a pretty genus, that succeeds well in common soil. 1961Times 25 Nov. 11/4 The artemisias, catananches, [etc.]. 1962Amat. Gardening 19 May 21 A packet of seed of catananche which gave me a lovely group of lavender-blue daisy-like flowers in August. |