CONEFLOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coneflower mean? 

• CONEFLOWER (noun)
  The noun CONEFLOWER has 3 senses:

1. any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones

2. a wildflower of the genus Ratibida

3. any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center

  Familiarity information: CONEFLOWER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONEFLOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("coneflower" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coneflower"):

black-eyed Susan; Rudbeckia hirta; Rudbeckia serotina (the state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays)

cutleaved coneflower; Rudbeckia laciniata (tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays; grow in Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and east to the Atlantic coast)

Holonyms ("coneflower" is a member of...):

genus Rudbeckia; Rudbeckia (North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A wildflower of the genus Ratibida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("coneflower" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coneflower"):

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; grows in the great plains along base of Rocky Mountains)

long-head coneflower; prairie coneflower; Ratibida columnifera (plant similar to the Mexican hat coneflower; from British Columbia to New Mexico)

prairie coneflower; Ratibida tagetes (coneflower of central to southwestern United States)

Holonyms ("coneflower" is a member of...):

genus Ratibida; Ratibida (genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies; often cultivated for their showy flower heads)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("coneflower" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("coneflower" is a member of...):

Echinacea; genus Echinacea (small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs)

 Context examples 

An over-the-counter herbal remedy, extracted from North American herb purple coneflower belonging to the Family Asteraceae, with potential immunostimulating and anti-inflammatory activities.

(Echinacea Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called purple coneflower.

(Echinacea, NCI Dictionary)