noun
small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs
• Syn: ↑genus Echinacea
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑coneflower
Useful english dictionary. 2012.