purple coneflower


purple coneflower

noun

Definition of PURPLE CONEFLOWER

: any of a North American genus (Echinacea, especially E. purpurea) of coarse perennial composite herbs with thick rough leaves and long-stalked flower heads having purplish-brown cone-shaped disks and usually pink to purplish rays

First Known Use of PURPLE CONEFLOWER

circa 1909

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