STOKES' ASTER


Meaning of STOKES' ASTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstōks- ]

noun

Etymology: Jonathan Stokes died 1831 English botanist

Date: circa 1890

: a perennial composite herb ( Stokesia laevis ) of the southern United States often grown for its large showy heads of usually blue flowers — called also sto·ke·sia stō-ˈkē-zh(ē-)ə, -zē-ə

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