Translingual

Proper noun

Echinacea f

1. A taxonomic superorder within the class Echinoidea – sea urchins with solid spines and gills.

Hyponyms

• (superorder): Arbacioida, Echinoida, Phymosomatoida, Salenioida, Temnopleuroida - orders

External links

• Echinacea (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Echinacea (Euechinoidea) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Echinacea purpurea, a plant of the genus Echinacea

From Latin echinus ‎(“sea urchin”) +‎ -acea ‎(“resembling”)

Proper noun

Echinacea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the coneflowers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Heliantheae - tribe

External links

• Echinacea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Echinacea (Asteraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Echinacea at Encyclopedia of Life

English

Noun

echinacea ‎(countable and uncountable, plural echinaceas)

1. (countable) Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers.
2. (uncountable) A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants.
   • 2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 134:

     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

Hyponyms

• (plant of genus Echinacea): purple coneflower

Translations

See also

• coneflower