Etymology

echinacea

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Today it means: Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers. Full definition →

Latin Echinacea
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromEchinacea
  2. English todayechinacea

From scientific Latin Echinacea, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”, because of the soft "spines" in the centre of the flower) + translingual -acea.

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