tassel flower

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Bot.) a name of several composite plants of the genus Cineraria, especially the Cineraria sconchifolia, and of the blossoms which they bear.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia
2. n. tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers
3. n. young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal