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Picris

noun
Pic·​ris | \ ˈpikrə̇s\

Definition of Picris

: a genus of weedy herbs (family Compositae) chiefly of the Old World having leafy stems, large yellow ray flowers, and linear achenes

History and Etymology for Picris

New Latin, from Latin, bitter lettuce, a salad, from Greek pikris oxtongue, from pikros bitter

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