Echinacea Definition

ĕkə-nāsē-ə, -nāshə
noun
Any of a genus (Echinacea) of North American plants of the composite family, esp. a coneflower (E. purpurea) with purple flowers.
Webster's New World
A medicinal herb made from the roots, leaves, etc. of certain of these plants.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • genus Echinacea
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Heliantheae — the coneflowers.

Wiktionary

A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Euechinoidea — sea urchins with solid spines and gills.

Wiktionary
other
(plant of genus Echinacea): purple coneflower.
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Other Word Forms of Echinacea

Noun

Singular:
echinacea
Plural:
echinaceas

Origin of Echinacea

  • From scientific Latin Echinacea, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhinos, “hedgehog”) (because of the soft "spines" in the centre of the flower) +‎ -acea.

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin Echīnācea genus name from Latin echīnus sea urchin (from its rough leaves) echinus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin echinus (“sea anemone”) +‎ -acea (“resembling”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Echinus (“species of anemone”) +‎ -acea

    From Wiktionary

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