coneflower C2+ Topic:Plants & Agriculture US /ˈkoʊnˌflaʊɚ/ UK /ˈkəʊnflaʊə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a daisy-like plant with a raised central cone, such as echinacea Purple coneflower bloomed all along the garden border. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a daisy-like plant with a... echinacearudbeckia Word family Related forms coneflower Etymology AI details A modern English compound of cone + flower, named for the raised, cone-shaped central disc of the flower head. cone Middle English flour Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Plants & Agriculture Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # coneflower **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkoʊnˌflaʊɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkəʊnflaʊə/ ## Meanings 1. a daisy-like plant with a raised central cone, such as echinacea ## Examples - Purple coneflower bloomed all along the garden border. ## Synonyms - echinacea - rudbeckia ## Related Forms - cone - flower ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cone - Root: flour ## Etymology A modern English compound of cone + flower, named for the raised, cone-shaped central disc of the flower head. ## AI Etymology Coneflower is a modern English compound of cone + flower, named for the raised, cone-shaped central disc of the flower head. The historical trail runs through cone in Middle English and flour in Old French. Morphologically, coneflower is transparent: a modern English compound of cone + flower, named for the raised, cone-shaped central disc of the flower head. Used as a noun, coneflower now means "a daisy-like plant with a raised central cone, such as echinacea", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cone and flower. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct. ## Topics - Plants & Agriculture - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown