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coneflower

coneflower noun: any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.

Noun

coneflower (plural coneflowers)

  1. Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
  2. Any of certain species of genus Isopogon, in order Proteales, principally of temperate Australia

Forms of coneflower

pluralconeflowers

Origin of coneflower

From cone + flower.

Words formed from coneflower

Questions about coneflower

What does coneflower mean?
Coneflower means any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.
What part of speech is coneflower?
Coneflower is a noun.
What is the plural of coneflower?
The plural of coneflower is coneflowers.

Words near coneflower in the dictionary

  1. conecap
  2. Conecuh
  3. Conecuh County
  4. coned
  5. coned off
  6. coneflower
  7. coneflowers
  8. Conegliano
  9. conehead
  10. coneheaded
  11. coneheads

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