noun
genus of tall leafy perennial herbs of eastern America and eastern Asia having flowers that resemble asters
• Syn: ↑genus Boltonia
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑false chamomile
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\\bōlˈtōnēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of tall leafy perennial eastern American and eastern Asiatic herbs (family Compositae) with white ray flowers like asters
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/bohl toh"nee euh/, n.
any of several composite plants of the genus Boltonia, of the U.S., having blue, purple, or white asterlike flower heads.
[ < NL (1788); after James Bolton, 18th-century English botanist; see -IA]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.