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1. echin-
   See: echino-. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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2. echin-
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ek′in See: echino-
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3. 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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4. Echinacea
   [n] - small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Echinacea
   genus Echinacea noun small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs
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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. Echinacea Angustifolia
    Herbal Tinctures in clinical practice Exogenous and endogenous infections, to stimulate and complement immunologic responses, as well as phagocytosis; hyaluronidase inhibitor, useful in cartilage softness and to block strep and staph inroads; to help limit exudates, inflammations,proteolytic ...
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15. Echinacea angustifolia
    `Echinacea angustifolia` (`Narrow-leaved purple coneflower`, `blacksamson echinacea`) is a herbaceous plant species in in--> tall with spindle-shaped taproots that are often branched. The stems and leaves are moderately to densely hairy. E. angustifolia blooms late spring to mid summer...
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16. Echinacea atrorubens
    `Echinacea atrorubens` - `Topeka Purple Coneflower` is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from 50 to 90&nbsp;cm tall from elongate-turbinate roots that are sometimes branched. The stems and foliage are usually hairy with appressed to ascending hairs 1.2&nbsp;mm long (strigose), rare...
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17. Echinacea laevigata
    `Echinacea laevigata`, the `smooth purple coneflower`, is an Endangered Species Act federally listed endangered species<ref name=fws>USFWS. http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/federal_register/fr2140.pdf Echinacea laevigata (smooth coneflower) determined to be endangered. Federal Register
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18. Echinacea pallida
    `Echinacea pallida` (Nutt.), commonly called `Pale Purple Cone-flower`, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is sometimes grown in gardens and used for medicinal purposes. Its native range is the south central region of the United States. Description: E. ...
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19. Echinacea paradoxa
    `Echinacea paradoxa` (`Bush`s purple coneflower`,<ref name=usda>http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ECPA2 Echinacea paradoxa at http://plants.usda.gov/ USDA PLANTS Database--> `Yellow Coneflower`) is a perennial species of flowering plant in the genus Echinacea. Ech...
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20. Echinacea purpurea
    `Echinacea purpurea` (`Eastern purple coneflower` or `Purple coneflower`) is a species of flowering plant in the genus accessdate = 2007-06-06 -->--> Its cone-shaped flowering heads are usually, but not always purple.<ref name=Zimmerman> http://www.brucezimmerman.com/ARTICLES/ECHINACEA.htm...
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21. Echinacea sanguinea
    `Echinacea sanguinea` (`Sanguine Purple Coneflower`) is a herbaceous perennial native to open sandy fields and open pine woods and prairies in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. It is the southernmost Echinacea species.--> The specific epithet sanguinea, which is Latin fo...
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22. Echinacea simulata
    `Echinacea simulata` McGregor, Sida. `Wavy-leaf purple coneflower` or `Pale purple coneflower` is a species of herbaceous plant in family Asteraceae very much like Echinacea pallida except that it has yellow colored pollen grains. Plants growing 50 to 100&nbsp;cm tall from taproot ...
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23. Echinacea tennesseensis
    `Echinacea tennesseensis` (`Tennessee coneflower`) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to the cedar glades of the central portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is also known as the Tennessee purple coneflower. It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 75&nbsp;c...
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24. Echinacoside
    `Echinacoside` is a natural phenol. It is a caffeic acid glycoside from the phenylpropanoid class. It is constituted from a trisaccharide consisting of one glucose and two rhamnose moieties glycosidically linked to one caffeic acid and one dihydroxyphenylethanol residue at the centrally situated rha...
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25. Echinades
    The `Echinades` (αἱ Ἐχινάδες νῆσοι--> per Herodotus, Thucydides, and Strabo) are a group of islands in the Ionian Islands, off the coast of Acarnania, Greece. Also transliterated `Ehinades` – or, per Homer, `Echinae` (), informally the `Ox...
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