"echinacea" meaning in All languages combined

See echinacea on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃə/, /ˌɛkɪˈneɪsɪə/, /ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃɪə/, /ˌɛkəˈneɪʃə/ (note: weak vowel merger), /ˌɛkəˈneɪsɪə/ (note: weak vowel merger), /ˌɛkəˈneɪʃɪə/ (note: weak vowel merger) Forms: echinaceas [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃə Etymology: From scientific Latin Echinacea, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”, because of the soft "spines" in the centre of the flower) + translingual -acea. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Echinacea}} Latin Echinacea, {{af|en|ἐχῖνος|-acea|gloss1=hedgehog|lang1=grc|lang2=mul|pos1=because of the soft "spines" in the centre of the flower}} Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”, because of the soft "spines" in the centre of the flower) + translingual -acea Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} echinacea (countable and uncountable, plural echinaceas)
  1. (countable) Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Drugs Categories (lifeform): Heliantheae tribe plants Hyponyms (plant of genus Echinacea): purple coneflower Translations (plant): ехинацея (ehinaceja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), auringonhattu (Finnish), εχινάκεα (echinákea) [feminine] (Greek), kasvirág (Hungarian), эхина́цея (exináceja) [feminine] (Russian), echinacea [feminine] (Spanish), ехінаце́я (exinacéja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-echinacea-en-noun-xtAwforw Disambiguation of Drugs: 69 31 Disambiguation of Heliantheae tribe plants: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'plant of genus Echinacea': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'plant': 61 39
  2. (uncountable) A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants. Tags: uncountable Translations (extract): auringonhattu-uute (Finnish), εχινάκεα (echinákea) [feminine] (Greek), echinacea [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-echinacea-en-noun-n7iosm3y Disambiguation of 'extract': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: coneflower

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Echinacea"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Echinacea",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ἐχῖνος",
        "3": "-acea",
        "gloss1": "hedgehog",
        "lang1": "grc",
        "lang2": "mul",
        "pos1": "because of the soft \"spines\" in the centre of the flower"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”, because of the soft \"spines\" in the centre of the flower) + translingual -acea",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From scientific Latin Echinacea, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”, because of the soft \"spines\" in the centre of the flower) + translingual -acea.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "echinaceas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "echinacea (countable and uncountable, plural echinaceas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "coneflower"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Drugs",
          "orig": "en:Drugs",
          "parents": [
            "Matter",
            "Pharmacology",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Biochemistry",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Healthcare",
            "Fundamental",
            "Health",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Heliantheae tribe plants",
          "orig": "en:Heliantheae tribe plants",
          "parents": [
            "Composites",
            "Asterales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "plant of genus Echinacea",
          "word": "purple coneflower"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-echinacea-en-noun-xtAwforw",
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Echinacea",
          "Echinacea"
        ],
        [
          "pink",
          "pink"
        ],
        [
          "purple",
          "purple"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ehinaceja",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ехинацея"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "auringonhattu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "echinákea",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εχινάκεα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "plant",
          "word": "kasvirág"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "exináceja",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "эхина́цея"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "echinacea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "exinacéja",
          "sense": "plant",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ехінаце́я"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 March 7, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 2013-05-16, page 134:",
          "text": "Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants."
      ],
      "id": "en-echinacea-en-noun-n7iosm3y",
      "links": [
        [
          "herbal",
          "herbal"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ],
        [
          "seed",
          "seed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "extract",
          "word": "auringonhattu-uute"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "echinákea",
          "sense": "extract",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εχινάκεα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "extract",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "echinacea"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkɪˈneɪsɪə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃɪə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkəˈneɪʃə/",
      "note": "weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkəˈneɪsɪə/",
      "note": "weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkəˈneɪʃɪə/",
      "note": "weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃə"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "echinacea"
  ],
  "word": "echinacea"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Translingual",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪʃə",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪʃə/4 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:Drugs",
    "en:Heliantheae tribe plants"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Echinacea"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Echinacea",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ἐχῖνος",
        "3": "-acea",
        "gloss1": "hedgehog",
        "lang1": "grc",
        "lang2": "mul",
        "pos1": "because of the soft \"spines\" in the centre of the flower"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”, because of the soft \"spines\" in the centre of the flower) + translingual -acea",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From scientific Latin Echinacea, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”, because of the soft \"spines\" in the centre of the flower) + translingual -acea.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "echinaceas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "echinacea (countable and uncountable, plural echinaceas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "plant of genus Echinacea",
      "word": "purple coneflower"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "coneflower"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Echinacea",
          "Echinacea"
        ],
        [
          "pink",
          "pink"
        ],
        [
          "purple",
          "purple"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 March 7, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 2013-05-16, page 134:",
          "text": "Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "herbal",
          "herbal"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ],
        [
          "seed",
          "seed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkɪˈneɪsɪə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃɪə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkəˈneɪʃə/",
      "note": "weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkəˈneɪsɪə/",
      "note": "weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛkəˈneɪʃɪə/",
      "note": "weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃə"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ehinaceja",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ехинацея"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "auringonhattu"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "echinákea",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εχινάκεα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "kasvirág"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "exináceja",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эхина́цея"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "echinacea"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "exinacéja",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ехінаце́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extract",
      "word": "auringonhattu-uute"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "echinákea",
      "sense": "extract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εχινάκεα"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "echinacea"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "echinacea"
  ],
  "word": "echinacea"
}

Download raw JSONL data for echinacea meaning in All languages combined (4.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (9a96ef4 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.