mistflower

mistflower
noun
rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
Hypernyms: ↑flower
Member Holonyms: ↑Conoclinium, ↑genus Conoclinium

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: an American herb (Eupatorium coelestinum) with violet heads — called also blue boneset

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/mist"flow'euhr/, n.
a North American composite plant, Eupatorium coelestinum, having heads of blue flowers.
[1855-60, Amer.; MIST + FLOWER]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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