gomphrena

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gomphrena - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

gomphrena - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Gomphrena
      n 1: genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in
           close heads; tropical America and Australia [syn:
           Gomphrena, genus Gomphrena]