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Stokesia

noun

one species: stokes' aster

• Syn: ↑genus Stokesia

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms: ↑stokes' aster, ↑cornflower aster, ↑Stokesia laevis

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\\stōˈkēzh(ē)ə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Jonathan Stokes + New Latin -ia

1. capitalized : a monotypic genus of erect perennial herbs (family Compositae) with sometimes yellow or purple flower heads

2. -s : any plant of the genus Stokesia : stokes' aster

Useful english dictionary. 2012.