RUDBECKIAS

Noun

rudbeckias

plural of rudbeckia

Source: Wiktionary


RUDBECKIA

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



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