ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : any of several yellow-flowered or predominantly yellow-flowered composite plants: as
a. : either of two European everlastings ( Helichrysum stoechas and H. orientale )
b. : any of various bristly leaved annual herbs of southern Africa that constitute the genus Gorteria and have solitary or corymbose flower heads with ligulate orange-yellow ray flowers marked with brown
c. : a biennial herb ( Hymenoxys biennis ) of dry uplands of the southwestern United States that has yellow flower heads with fertile ray flowers
2. : a shrubby hybrid St.-John's-wort ( Hypericum × moserianum ) with large golden yellow flowers