echinacea

English Thesaurus

1. small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	asterid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	coneflower,
definition	:	any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae,
definition	:	plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia (noun.plant)