AGERATUM


Meaning of AGERATUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-jə-ˈrā-təm ]

noun

( plural -tum also -tums )

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek agēratos ageless, from a- + gēras old age — more at geront-

Date: 1866

: any of a genus ( Ageratum ) of annual tropical American composite herbs often cultivated for their small showy heads of usually blue or white flowers ; also : a related blue-flowered perennial ( Eupatorium coelestinum )

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.