noun
genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath
• Syn: ↑Brickellia
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
Useful english dictionary. 2012.