Rudbeckia, genus Rudbeckia
(noun) North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From the genus name.
rudbeckia (plural rudbeckias)
Any member of the genus Rudbeckia of coneflowers.
Source: Wiktionary
Rud*beck"i*a, n. [NL. So named after Olaf Rudebeck, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of composite plants, the coneflowers, consisting of perennial herbs with showy pedunculate heads, having a hemispherical involucre, sterile ray flowers, and a conical chaffy receptacle. There are about thirty species, exclusively North American. Rudbeckia hirta, the black-eyed Susan, is a common weed in meadows.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
