Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
grin·de·lia Pronunciation:
grin-'dEl-y&, -'dE-lE-& Function:
noun 1 a capitalized : a large genus ofcoarse gummy or resinous composite herbs chiefly of western No. America and So. America that have flower heads with involucres consisting of phyllaries with spreading tips
b : a plantof the genus
Grindelia 2 : the dried leaves and stems of various plants of the genus
Grindelia (as
G. camporum, G. robusta, and
G. squarrosa) sometimesused internally as a remedy in bronchitis and asthma and applied externally to relieve poison ivy
Grinádel /'grin-del/,
David Hieronymous (1776–1836), Germanbotanist. The genus
Grindelia was named in his honor in 1807 by the German botanist Karl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812).
[grin-dee-lee-uh, -deel-yuh] 
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