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aster
aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster ( Callistephus chinensis ), all members of the family Asteraceae (aster o...
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sepal
sepal a modified leaf, part of the outermost of the four groups of flower parts. The sepals of a flower are collectively called the calyx and act as a protective covering of the inner flower parts in the bud. Sepals are usually green, but in some flowers (e.g., the lily and the orchid) they are t...
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arnica
arnica , any plant of the genus Arnica, yellow-flowered perennials of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), native to north temperate and arctic regions. In North America, arnicas grow in woody areas of the plains region and the Pacific coast, northward to arctic Alaska. Medicinal preparations f...
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compass plant
compass plant or rosinweed, large, coarse North American perennial herb ( Silphium laciniatum ) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), found chiefly in open grasslands. The deeply cut leaves tend to point north and south. It has been used medicinally and is sometimes cultivated. Other plant...
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coreopsis
coreopsis , or tickseed, names for species of Coreopsis, a chiefly North American genus of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). They are easily cultivated annuals or perennials with daisylike heads of flowers in various colors—commonly yellow or variegated. Garden kinds are sometimes ...
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goatsbeard
goatsbeard common name for plants of the genus Tragopogon (see salsify ) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family) and of the genus Aruncus of the family Rosaceae ( rose family), related to the spiraeas. False goatsbeard, a saxifrage, is named for its resemblance to Aruncus. The two familie...
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oxeye
oxeye name for several plants, e.g., the oxeye daisy and black-eyed Susan , but particularly for two genera: Heliopsis, native to North America, and Buphthalmum, native to Europe and W Asia but cultivated elsewhere. Both are perennials of the family Asteraceae ( aster family) and are grown ...
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safflower
safflower Eurasian thistlelike herb ( Carthamus tinctorius ) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). Safflower, or false saffron, has long been cultivated in S Asia and Egypt for food and medicine and as a costly but inferior substitute for the true saffron dye. In the United States, where it ...
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daisy
daisy [O.E.,=day's eye], name for several common wildflowers of the family Asteraceae ( aster family). The daisy of literature, the true daisy, is Bellis perennis, called in the United States English daisy. This is a low European plant, cultivated in the United States mostly in the double form, ...
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artichoke
artichoke name for two different plants of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), both having edible parts. The French, or globe, artichoke ( Cynara scolymus ) is a thistlelike plant of which the globular flower heads are used in the immature state as a salad or vegetable; only the lower part of t...
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