genus brickelia

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   genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath

   SynonymsBrickellia

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Questions about genus brickelia

What does genus brickelia mean?

genus brickelia means "genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath".

What is another word for genus brickelia?

Close synonyms include Brickellia. 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 genus brickelia a common word?

genus brickelia 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.