XERANTHEMUM

xeranthemum

(noun) any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

xeranthemum (plural xeranthemums)

Any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe.

Source: Wiktionary



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