Gomphrena

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Immortelle \Im`mor*telle"\, n.; pl. {Immortelles}. [F. See
     {Immortal}.] (Bot.)
     A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre, as
     the species of {Antennaria}, {Helichrysum}, {Gomphrena}, etc.
     See {Everlasting}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Gomphrena
       n : genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close
           heads; tropical America and Australia [syn: {genus
           Gomphrena}]