noun
tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia
• Syn: ↑tassel flower, ↑Emilia coccinea, ↑Emilia flammea, ↑Cacalia javanica, ↑Cacalia lutea
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Emilia, ↑genus Emilia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.