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compass plant
noun
- any of various plants having leaves that tend to lie in a plane at right angles to the strongest light, hence usually north and south, especially Silphium laciniatum.
compass plant
noun
- Also calledrosinweed a tall plant, Silphium laciniatum, of central North America, that has yellow flowers and lower leaves that tend to align themselves at right angles to the strongest light, esp in a north-south plane: family Asteraceae (composites)
- any of several similar plants
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Word History and Origins
Origin of compass plant1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
I never seen but one good compass plant, an' that was the prairie Golden Rod.
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To Reynolds Phebe was as a compass plant by which he learned to measure right and wrong, but, best of all, she pointed him to God.
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The compass-plant, or rosin-weed, as it is commonly called, is the Silphium laciniatum of the botanists.
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Look for the compass-plant, if you have the command of prairies.
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