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Brickellia

noun

genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath

• Syn: ↑genus Brickelia

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

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

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\\briˈkelēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from John Brickell fl1730 IrAmerican physician and naturalist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of herbs (family Compositae) of the warmer regions of America having greenish or yellowish white flowers with a pappus of slender bristles

Useful english dictionary. 2012.