tassel flower

Questions about tassel flower

What does tassel flower mean?

tassel flower means "tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for tassel flower?

Close synonyms include Emilia sagitta, Emilia coccinea, Emilia javanica, Emilia flammea, Cacalia javanica. 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 tassel flower a common word?

tassel flower is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.