THALICTRUM

(Lat.), n. n. Tha"l(tha3l)-i11kt'ru3m(ru4m). Gr., OaAiKTpov, ffaMriicrpov. Fr.,pigamon. Ger., Wiesenraute. Meadowrue; a genus of ranunculaceous herbs, [a, 35.] T. aiiemoiiidoB. See ANEMONE thalictroides.t. an gust i folium, T. august i imum. A diuretic European species, [a. 34.] T. aquilcgi folium, T. aquilegium, T. atro-purpureum. Fr., pifiamon a feuilles d'ancolie. colombine plume use (ou plumacee). Feathered (or tufted) columbine, Spanish-tuft, columbine meadow-rue; an Alpine species having the properties of T. an gust i folium. [a, 35.] T. confertum, T. Cornuti. Fr..pigamon du Canada. Canadian tall meadow-rue; a North American species, regarded as a powerful alexipharmac. [a, 35.] T. flavum. Fr., pigamon (des pres). flowered (or maiden-hair, or small) meadow-rue of Europe and northern Asia. The root and herb, radix et herb a thalictri (seu rhabarbari pauperum, seu rhei pauperum, seupseudo-rhabarbari, seu rutce pratensis), are diuretic and purgative, and color the secretions yellow. The root is used in jaundice and as a febrifuge, and, together with the herb, as an application in coxalgia and backache. [a, 35.] T. foliolo8um. An East Indian species. The root is tonic and aperient, and is used for atonic dyspepsia and as a febrifuge: it is sometimes substituted for coptis-root. [a, 35.] T. macrocarpum. A species found in the Pyrenees. The root contains a neutral principle (macro carp in) and a poisonous principle (thalictrine). [a, 35.] T. mexicanum. 1. Of Hernandez, a species the root of which is used in ophthalmia and as a diuretic. Cf. T. revolutum. 2. Of De Candolle, an imperfectly known Mexican species, used like the preceding, [a, 35.] T. revolutum. Ger., umgerollte E. he; E, ell; G, go; I, die: Is, in; N, in; N. tank; [s. 612]