At times, it seems as though all flowers are D. Y. C.'s, but these brash newcomers of all colors account for[…]
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Dyc
Synonyms for "dyc"
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Spanish
1 entries- PCA noun (damn yellow composite)
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Herbalist Michael Moore describes Arnica as a "DYC," or "damn yellow composite." For beginners studying flora, the yellow members of this family tend to cause confusion.
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Hymenoxys richardsonii, like H. acaulis, covers a very wide range and could possibly come into the category of "just another D.Y.C." (Damned Yellow Composite).
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The most common though sometimes difficult to tell apart yellow members of the sunflower family are arnicas, groundsels, goldenrods, and mountain-dandelions. There are so many confusing members of this family that some botanizers use the term DYC for "damn yellow composite."
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