Etymology

cephalaria

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Today it means: Any caprifoliaceous flowering plant of the genus Cephalaria, closely related to teasels (Dipsacus). Full definition →

translingual Cephalaria
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromCephalaria
  2. English todaycephalaria

Borrowed from translingual Cephalaria, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + translingual -aria.

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