ageratum

See also: Ageratum

English

Ageratum flowers visited by a honeybee

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

ageratum (usually uncountable, plural ageratums)

1. Any of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials, from the sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae; they are sometimes used in floral displays.
   • 1888, George Washington Cable, Bonaventure, New York: Scribner, “Grande Pointe,” Chapter 2, pp. 77-78,^[1]

     The way before him was little more than a bridle-path along the earth […] . The soft blue tufts of the ageratum were on each side continually.

   • 1988, Barbara Kingsolver, chapter 17, in The Bean Trees‎^[2], New York: HarperPerennial, page 218:

     They helped carry things up a sidewalk bordered with a purple fringe of ageratums into the small house behind the parsonage.

   • 1993, Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries‎^[3], London: Fourth Estate, page 195:

     A stone path edged with ageratum leads to the grape arbor […]

Translations

any of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs

• Catalan: agèrat m
• Italian: agerato m
• Portuguese: agerato (pt) m

French

Alternative forms

• agératum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒe.ʁa.tɔm/

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Noun

ageratum m (plural ageratums)

1. ageratum

   Synonym: agérate

Further reading

• “ageratum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.