Look up: Echinacea

1. Echinacea
   These hardy perennials are from North America and belong to the Daisy family, Compositae. E. purpurea, the Purple Coneflower, is an upright growing plant with dark green, lance-shaped leaves. It produces large, daisy-like cerise crimson flowers with a domed brown center. These are borne one to a ste...
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2. Echinacea
   [n] - small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs
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3. Echinacea
   Echinacea: An herb that has been claimed to boost the body's immune system and help fight off infections. Echinacea has been widely used to treat the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections (URIs), including colds and the flu. The herb is derived from the purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea...
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4. echinacea
   <botany> A commonly used herb for maintaining the immune system. ... There is evidence that use of echinacea can increase levels of tumour necrosis factor which is often already elevated in HIV positive people and may contribute to both wasting and the replication of HIV. Little clinical trial...
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5. Echinacea
   genus Echinacea noun small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs
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6. Echinacea
   (from the article `coneflower`) any of three genera of weedy plants in the family Asteraceae, all native to North America. Some species in each genus have reflexed ray flowers. ...
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7. Echinacea
   An herb that is commonly used to reduce cold and flu symptoms. Echinacea is not recommended during pregnancy because it can stimulate your uterus and cause premature labor. Because your immune system changes when you're pregnant to give you extra protection against illness, you don't want to take anything that could interfere with that process. ...
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8. echinacea
   echinacea (ek"unā'shēu) , popular herbal remedy, or botanical, believed to benefit the immune system. It is used especially to alleviate common colds and the flu. Several controlled studies using it as a cold medicine have failed to find any benefit from its use, but a 2007 revie...
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9. echinacea
   An herb native to North America that has been used to prevent and treat the common cold and other respiratory infections. Echinacea may interfere with treatment that uses the immune system to fight cancer. The scientific names are Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea angustifolia. Also called purple coneflower.
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10. Echinacea
    ) is a genus of Herbaceous plant|herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The nine species it contains are commonly called `purple coneflowers`. They are endemic to eastern and central North America, where they are found growing in moist to dry prairies and open wooded areas. The...
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11. Echinacea
    (animal) The `Echinacea` are a superorder of sea urchins. They are distinguished by the presence of a rigid test, with ten buccal plates around the mouth, and solid spines. Unlike some other sea urchins, they also possess gills. The group is a large one, with species found worldwide. Taxonomy: Superorder `Echinacea` References:
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