ERIGERON


Meaning of ERIGERON in English

ə̇ˈrijərən, -jəˌrän noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, groundsel, from Greek ērigerōn, from ēri- early + gerōn old man; from the hoary down of some species — more at ere , churl

1. capitalized : a widely distributed genus of herbs (family Compositae) having flower heads resembling asters but with fewer and narrower involucral bracts — see daisy fleabane

2. -s

a. : any plant of the genus Erigeron

b. : the leaves and tops of plants of the genus Erigeron occasionally and especially formerly used as a diuretic and as a hemostatic in uterine hemorrhage

c. : erigeron oil

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