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单词 coneflower
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coneflower


cone·flow·er

C0556900 (kōn′flou′ər)n. Any of various North American plants of the genera Rudbeckia, Ratibida, and Echinacea in the composite family, having disk flowers on a cone-shaped central receptacle usually surrounded by colorful ray flowers.

coneflower

(ˈkəʊnˌflaʊə) n (Plants) any North American plant of the genera Rudbeckia, Ratibida, and Echinacea, which have rayed flowers with a conelike centre: family Asteraceae (composites). See also black-eyed Susan

cone•flow•er

(ˈkoʊnˌflaʊ ər)

n. any of several composite plants of the genus Rudbeckia, having flowers usu. with yellow rays and a brown or black disk. [1810–20, Amer.]
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Noun1.coneflower - any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central conesconeflower - any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central conesflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsgenus Rudbeckia, Rudbeckia - North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower headsRudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia serotina, black-eyed Susan - the state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rayscutleaved coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata - tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays; grow in Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and east to the Atlantic coast
2.coneflower - a wildflower of the genus Ratibidawild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plantgenus Ratibida, Ratibida - genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies; often cultivated for their showy flower headsMexican hat, Ratibida columnaris - coneflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and red-brown rays; grows in the great plains along base of Rocky Mountainslong-head coneflower, Ratibida columnifera, prairie coneflower - plant similar to the Mexican hat coneflower; from British Columbia to New Mexicoprairie coneflower, Ratibida tagetes - coneflower of central to southwestern United States
3.coneflower - any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike centerflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsEchinacea, genus Echinacea - small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs

coneflower


coneflower,

name for several American wildflowers of the family Asteraceae (asteraster
[Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster (Callistephus chinensis
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 family). The purple coneflowers (genus Echinacea), found E of the Rockies, have purple to pinkish petallike rays; some cultivated forms have white flowers. The herb echinaceaechinacea
, popular herbal remedy, or botanical, believed to benefit the immune system. It is used especially to alleviate common colds and the flu. Several controlled studies using it as a cold medicine have failed to find any benefit from its use, but a 2007 review of 14
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, derived from the purple coneflower, is taken for colds and other ailments; the plant was used medicinally by Native Americans. Other coneflowers include the yellow coneflowers, or rudbeckias (see black-eyed Susanblack-eyed Susan
or yellow daisy,
North American daisylike wildflower (Rudbeckia hirta) of the family Asteraceae (aster family) with yellow rays and a dark brown center. It is a weedy biennial or annual and grows in dry places.
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), and the praire coneflowers (genus Ratibida), which have yellow or purplish rays. Many species are grown as garden plants. Coneflowers are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
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, class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.
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Related to coneflower: Purple coneflower
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noun any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones

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  • flower
  • genus Rudbeckia
  • Rudbeckia
  • Rudbeckia hirta
  • Rudbeckia serotina
  • black-eyed Susan
  • cutleaved coneflower
  • Rudbeckia laciniata

noun a wildflower of the genus Ratibida

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  • wild flower
  • wildflower
  • genus Ratibida
  • Ratibida
  • Mexican hat
  • Ratibida columnaris
  • long-head coneflower
  • Ratibida columnifera
  • prairie coneflower
  • Ratibida tagetes

noun any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center

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  • flower
  • Echinacea
  • genus Echinacea
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