ageratum

1. 1.

   rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium

   Synonymsmistflowermist-flowerConoclinium coelestinumEupatorium coelestinum

   Broaderflower

   Part ofConoclinium
2. 2.

   any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers

   Broaderflower

   Narrowercommon ageratum

   Part ofgenus Ageratum

Other forms of ageratum

plural

ageratums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ageratum

What does ageratum mean?

ageratum means "rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ageratum?

ageratum has 4 syllables: a-ger-a-tum. The stress falls on "ger". In IPA it is /əˈdʒɛɹətəm/.

What is another word for ageratum?

Close synonyms include mistflower, mist-flower, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ageratum a common word?

ageratum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.