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echinacea

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echinacea /ˌekəˈnāSHə, ˌɛkəˈneɪʃə /
▸ noun a North American coneflower. It is used in herbal medicine, largely for its antibiotic and wound-healing properties.
Genus Echinacea, family Compositae: several species, in particular the purple coneflower.
– ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek ekhinos ‘hedgehog’.