chaenactis

noun

any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers

• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Chaenactis

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\\kēˈnaktə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek chainein to gape + aktis ray; akin to Latin hiare to gape — more at yawn, actin-

: a genus of herbs (family Compositae) found in the western United States and characterized by entire or pinnately lobed leaves and long peduncled heads of white or yellow flowers