"echinacea" meaning in English

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Noun

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: 71 29 Disambiguation of Heliantheae tribe plants: 73 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 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

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