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Meaning of HELICHRYSUM

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus
 
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 Synonyms: genus Helichrysum
 
 See Also: aster family, Asteraceae, asterid dicot genus, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hel`i*chry"sum\, n. [L., the marigold, fr. Gr. ? a
kind of plant.] (Bot.)
A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or
yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are
often called ``everlasting flowers.''
 

 

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