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boltonia definition

☆ bol·to·nia (bōl tō′nē ə)

noun

any of a genus (Boltonia) of perennial American plants of the composite family with white or purplish asterlike heads

Etymology: ModL, after J. Bolton, 18th-c. Eng naturalist

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