Noun: gayfeather
- Any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
"Gayfeather's purple spikes stood out among the prairie grasses";
- blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, snakeroot
Derived forms: gayfeathers, gay-feathers
Type of: wild flower, wildflower
Part of: genus Liatris, Liatris
Encyclopedia: Gayfeather