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Imperatoria

Masterwort \Mas"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)

  1. A tall and coarse European umbelliferous plant ( Peucedanum Ostruthium, formerly Imperatoria).

  2. The Astrantia major, a European umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre.

  3. Improperly, the cow parsnip ( Heracleum lanatum).

Usage examples of "imperatoria".

Military merit, as it is admirably expressed by Tacitus, was, in the strictest sense of the word, imperatoria virtus.