The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . 1829. It is the same as the Hinradetv ofOassini, and nearly the same as the Hieracia of Rueling. Hieracite (hie-ra-sit), n. [< Hierax (see def.)+ -ite-.] A follower of Hierax, an Egyptianascetic (about A. D. 300), who denied the resur-rection of the body and the existence of a visi-ble paradise, and taught that only the celibatecould enter the kingdom of heaven. Hieracium (hi-e-rasi-um), n. [NL. (ef. L. 7ji«ra-ci«,hawkweed, hieracium, a kind of eye-salve), <
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . 1829. It is the same as the Hinradetv ofOassini, and nearly the same as the Hieracia of Rueling. Hieracite (hie-ra-sit), n. [< Hierax (see def.)+ -ite-.] A follower of Hierax, an Egyptianascetic (about A. D. 300), who denied the resur-rection of the body and the existence of a visi-ble paradise, and taught that only the celibatecould enter the kingdom of heaven. Hieracium (hi-e-rasi-um), n. [NL. (ef. L. 7ji«ra-ci«,hawkweed, hieracium, a kind of eye-salve), <Gr. Itpamov, also lepaKta, a plant, hawkweed, butnot the mod. hieracium, < tfpnf, a hawk or fal-con : see Hicrax.~\ A large genus of plants, be-longing to the order ComposiUe and tribe Ci-choriacew, and type of the subtrilie are perennial or rarely annual herbs, with the recep-tacle naked or short-flmbrillate, and a fuscous pappus ofrigid, fragile bristles; corollas all ligulate, 5-dentate, yel-low or rarely white or red ; achenia oblong or columnar,smooth and glabrous, mostly 10-ribbed or striate; leaves. Lower Portion and Panicle of Hieracinrn ), flower ; 6, fruiL often toothed, but never lobed. Nearly 300 species havebeen described, widely distributed throughout the tem-perate regions of both hemispheres. About 25 species areNorth American. Hawkweed is the name generally f^ivento them. H. veiiosuia, a native of the eastern UnitedStates, is called ratilefniake-weed. H. ata-anliacum, acommon European species, is known in England as f/rhn-tke-coUier, on account of the black hairs which clothe theflower-stalk and involucre. (ealtum, also a Eunipeanspecies, has become naturalized in restricted localities innorthern New York, where it is known as the ptUi^ella of Europe is there called mouse-ear. hieracosphinx (hi-e-rako-sfingks), «. [< , a hawk, + oijiiyS, sphinx.] The hawk-headed sphinx of Egypt, as distinguished fromt
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