noun
any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads
• Syn: ↑crown-beard, ↑crown beard
• Hypernyms: ↑composite, ↑composite plant
• Hyponyms:
↑wingstem, ↑golden ironweed, ↑yellow ironweed, ↑golden honey plant, ↑Verbesina alternifolia, ↑Actinomeris alternifolia, ↑cowpen daisy, ↑golden crownbeard, ↑golden crown beard, ↑butter daisy, ↑Verbesina encelioides, ↑Ximenesia encelioides, ↑gravelweed, ↑Verbesina helianthoides, ↑Virginia crownbeard, ↑frostweed, ↑frost-weed, ↑Verbesina virginica
• Member Holonyms: ↑Verbesina, ↑genus Verbesina
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ nounEtymology: so called from the appearance of the flowers
: any plant of the genus Verbesina
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/krown"beard'/, n.
any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
[1855-60, Amer.; CROWN + BEARD]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.