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NOUN (2)

1. rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium;
[syn: mistflower, mist-flower, ageratum, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum]

2. any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ageratum \A*ger"a*tum\ ([.a]*j[e^]r"[.a]*t[u^]m or [a^]j`[~e]r*[=a]"t[u^]m), prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'agh`raton a sort of plant; 'a priv. + gh`ras old age.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, one species of which (Ageratum Mexicanum) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ageratum n 1: rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium [syn: mistflower, mist-flower, ageratum, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum] 2: any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers