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Noun: xeranthemum
  1. Any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers
    "Xeranthemum's papery flowers were often used in dried arrangements"

Derived forms: xeranthemums

Type of: flower

Part of: genus Xeranthemum

Encyclopedia: Xeranthemum