Obs. [Gr. ἠριγέρων, f. ἦρι early + γέρων old man. Cf. L. senecio, f. senex old man.] The Gr. name of the Groundsel: see quots. In botanical Latin the name of an allied genus.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 238. The Greekes imposed that name Erigeron, because in the Spring it looketh hoarie, like an old gray beard.
1666. J. Smith, Old Age (ed. 2), 163–4. This is the true Erigeron, that early in the Spring-time bears the representation of Old Age.
