(n)bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays; found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico, Syn.Melampodium leucanthum
{ } n. [ NL. Melampyrum cowwheat; Gr. me`las black + pyro`s wheat. ] (Chem.) The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (Melampyrum). See Dulcite. [ 1913 Webster ]
[つしまてん;ツシマテン, tsushimaten ; tsushimaten](n) (uk) (See 貂) Tsushima marten (Martes melampus tsuensis, a subspecies of the Japanese marten)[Add to Longdo]