noun
1. biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning
• Syn: ↑Mentzelia livicaulis, ↑Mentzelia laevicaulis
• Hypernyms: ↑flower
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mentzelia, ↑genus Mentzelia
2. any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
• Syn: ↑button snakeroot, ↑gayfeather, ↑gay-feather, ↑snakeroot
• Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower
• Hyponyms: ↑dotted gayfeather, ↑Liatris punctata, ↑dense blazing star, ↑Liatris pycnostachya
• Member Holonyms: ↑Liatris, ↑genus Liatris
Useful english dictionary. 2012.