cacalia

noun

ca·​ca·​lia

kəˈkālyə,

-lēə

1

capitalized : a genus of tall smooth herbs (family Compositae) with alternate often petioled leaves and large heads in flat corymbs see mesadenia

2

plural -s : any plant of the genus Emilia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, a plant, from Greek kakalia, kakkalia

First Known Use

1766, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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