ageratum

Other forms: ageratums

Definitions of ageratum
  1. noun
    any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers
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    types:
    Ageratum houstonianum, common ageratum
    small tender herb grown for its fluffy brushlike blue to lavender blooms
    type of:
    flower
    a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
  2. noun
    rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
    synonyms: Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum, mist-flower, mistflower
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    type of:
    flower
    a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
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