Echinacea purpurea
Synonyms:
Coneflower, Zi Zhu Hua
Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Homeopathic Medicine, Medicinal Plant, Oil, Powder, Russian Folk Medicine, Tea, Tincture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Echinacea (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From scientific Latin Echinacea, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) (because of the soft "spines" in the centre of the flower) + -acea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛkɪˈneɪsɪə/, /ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃɪə/, /ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃə/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˌɛkəˈneɪsɪə/, /ˌɛkəˈneɪʃɪə/, /ˌɛkəˈneɪʃə/
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃə
Noun
echinacea (countable and uncountable, plural echinaceas)
- (countable