HyperDic: mexican_hat

English > 1 sense of the expression *Mexican hat*:
NOUN	plant	Mexican hat, Ratibida columnaris	coneflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and red-brown rays

English > *Mexican hat*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Coneflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and red-brown rays; grows in the great plains along base of Rocky Mountains.
Synonym	Ratibida columnaris
Broader	coneflower	A wildflower of the genus Ratibida