venidium

noun

ve·​nid·​i·​um

və̇ˈnidēəm

1

capitalized : a genus of southern African annual or perennial tomentose herbs (family Compositae) that are used as ornamentals and have solitary chiefly yellow or creamy flower heads with involucral bracts in several rows

2

plural -s : any plant of the genus Venidium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ven- + -idium; probably from the veined achenes

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