boltonia

(bōl tō′nē ə)

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noun

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

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

See boltonia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of several perennial herbs of the genus Boltonia in the composite family, having flower heads with white to purplish rays and yellow centers.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin, genus name

Origin: , after James Bolton, 18th-century British botanist

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