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coneflower
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkəʊn.flaʊər/ us /ˈkoʊn.flaʊ.ɚ/
any of several plants with a raised brown or black circle in the centre, surrounded by narrow, usually purple petals, grown in gardens for their flowers, or the flower itself:
Her garden is filled with bright blooms to tempt butterflies, such as coneflowers, marigolds, and geraniums.
Echinacea is commonly called coneflower because of its distinctive flowers with high central cones and drooping petals.
Synonyms
echinacea purple coneflower
Birds love dried coneflower heads and sunflower seed heads.
The coneflower has vivid, daisy-like flowers with a black cone in the middle.
Some flower varieties - such as sunflowers, cosmos, and coneflowers - develop daisylike seed heads.
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