Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of composite plants, of the tribe Cynaroideæ and subtribe Carlineæ.
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- noun Any of the
genus Xeranthemum offlowering plants native to SouthernEurope .
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- noun any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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