| Title: | Bupthalmum salicifolium, ox-eye |
| Original Title: | Bupthalmum, Oiel de Boeuf |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 2 (1752), p. 464 |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Translator: | Ann-Marie Thornton [Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey] |
| Subject terms: |
Gardening
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| Original Version (ARTFL): | Link |
| Source: | Russell, Terence M. and Anne Marie Thornton. Gardens and landscapes in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and D'Alembert : the letterpress articles and selected engravings. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. Used with permission. |
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| Citation (MLA): | "Bupthalmum salicifolium, ox-eye." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.816>. Trans. of "Bupthalmum, Oiel de Boeuf," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2. Paris, 1752. |
| Citation (Chicago): | "Bupthalmum salicifolium, ox-eye." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Ann-Marie Thornton. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0001.816 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Bupthalmum, Oiel de Boeuf," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 2:464 (Paris, 1752). |
Buphthalmum salicifolium. ox-eye , a plant which is so-named because it resembles the eye of an ox. It has a fairly tall stem and large leaves with toothed leaf margins. Its fluted flowers are composed of several yellow, gutter-like florets, and the fruit which replaces them contains the seed.