crown-beard (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *crown-beard*:
NOUN	plant	crown-beard, crownbeard, crown beard	any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads

English > *crown-beard*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads.
Synonyms	crownbeard, crown beard
Member of	Verbesina, genus Verbesina	herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico
Narrower	Virginia crownbeard, frostweed, frost-weed, Verbesina virginica	tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers
	cowpen daisy, golden crownbeard, golden crown beard, butter daisy, Verbesina encelioides, Ximenesia encelioides	coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb
	gravelweed, Verbesina helianthoides	perennial herb with yellow flowers
	wingstem, golden ironweed, yellow ironweed, golden honey plant, Verbesina alternifolia, Actinomeris alternifolia	perennial herb with showy yellow flowers
Broader	composite, composite plant	Considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
Spanish	verbesina

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