noun
Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum
• Syn: ↑rhodanthe, ↑Rhodanthe manglesii, ↑Helipterum manglesii
• Hypernyms: ↑everlasting, ↑everlasting flower
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Rhodanthe
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nounUsage: usually capitalized S&R
Etymology: from Swan River, Western Australia
: an Australian everlasting (Helipterum manglesii)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.