ca·ca·lia
| \ kəˈkālyə, -lēə \
Definition of cacalia
1
capitalized
: a genus of tall smooth herbs (family Compositae) with alternate often petioled leaves and large heads in flat corymbs — see mesadenia
2
plural -s
: any plant of the genus Emilia
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The first known use of cacalia was in 1766
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