ageratum
See also: Ageratum
English
Ageratum flowers visited by a honeybee
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
ageratum (usually uncountable, plural ageratums)
- Any of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials, from the sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae; they are sometimes used in floral displays.
- 1888, George Washington Cable, Bonaventure, New York: Scribner, “Grande Pointe,” Chapter 2, pp. 77-78,
- The way before him was little more than a bridle-path along the earth […] . The soft blue tufts of the ageratum were on each side continually.
- 1988, Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees, New York: HarperPerennial, Chapter 17, p. 218,
- They helped carry things up a sidewalk bordered with a purple fringe of ageratums into the small house behind the parsonage.
- 1993, Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries, London: Fourth Estate, p. 195,
- A stone path edged with ageratum leads to the grape arbor […]
- 1888, George Washington Cable, Bonaventure, New York: Scribner, “Grande Pointe,” Chapter 2, pp. 77-78,
French
Alternative forms
- agératum
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “ageratum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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