cacalia
noun
ca·ca·lia
kəˈkālyə,
-lēə
1
capitalized : a genus of tall smooth herbs (family Compositae) with alternate often petioled leaves and large heads in flat corymbs see mesadenia
2
plural -s : any plant of the genus Emilia
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, a plant, from Greek kakalia, kakkalia
First Known Use
1766, in the meaning defined at sense 1