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ageratum definition

ag·era·tum (aj′ər āt′əm)

noun

any of several plants (genus Ageratum) of the composite family with small, thick heads of usually bluish flowers: widely used as border plants in gardens

Etymology: ModL < Gr agēraton, a kind of plant < agēratos, not growing old < a-, not + gēras, old age

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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