noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
2. 2
   any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center wordnet
3. 3
   Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia
4. 4
   a wildflower of the genus Ratibida wordnet
5. 5
   any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones wordnet

Etymology

From cone + flower.

Related phrases

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